What's everyone reading?

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I wondered what others read during the hot summer months. Although I don't have a whole lot of time for reading right now I'm reading 'Succulent,Wild Woman' and 'Lose 200# this Weekend' about getting rid of clutter. So whats on your reading list?

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), August 14, 2002

Answers

I'm avoiding doing any reading right now because I'm working on a novel.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), August 15, 2002.

I never read anything that takes longer than 10 minutes from start to finish , I still have 3 book reports due for my 6 th grade class.

-- SM Steve (Unreal@home.com), August 15, 2002.

Jay, when will the novel be done & what's it about? Do we get a sneak preview?? Steve, that's too funny !!

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), August 15, 2002.

Still picking through the ones I got from the library, and they are overdue.

Drinking the Rain (sorta a feminists memoir), The Girl who loved Tom Gordon (Stephen King), and The 50 greatest Love Letters of All Time (from famous/historical figures, like Emma Goldman, George Bernard Shaw, Beethoven, even Henry V111 and Napoleon) lol.

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), August 15, 2002.


Say, Steve, sounds like you have somethin in common with George W !

I'm just the opposite, a voracious reader. I need to know everything! My bed is usually half covered with things I am in the process of reading, mostly magazines (Utne Reader, Mother Jones, Acres USA, Advocate, The Progressive, National Geographic, various literary publications,etc etc), but also a couple of books.

Right now I'm reading Gerry Spence's "From Freedom to Slavery," and rereading Fannie Flag's "Fried Green Tomatoes...". Although my girls are teenagers, we still read together like we did when they were small, only now we all take turns reading aloud to each other. Right now we are reading a novel about a stubbornly uncompromising Icelandic sheep farmer, called "Independent People' by Halldor Laxness, a Nobel Prize winner in the 50's.

-- earthmama (earthmama48@yahoo.com), August 15, 2002.



Oh no ! Earthmama , am I really another GWB ?..One never sees themselves the way others do . Goerge W ? is this the same George W who when he goes to meet with the president of Mexico , he goes into a room with the Mexican presidents 14 year old son to play video games, while he waits til his aids are through with the foriegn affairs and buisness arangements. And his aids have to make sure there's no pretzels in the room while GWB is left unattended unless there's adult supervision ?... Maybe there's another one .I'm not sure but I think he got that way from getting stuck in the head with lightening while playing golf .. I think what happened to me was I came in a room at the end of a speach of proffessor Timothy Leary on TV , and I only heard the part where he said : "Drop-out"....Last time I check out National Geographic magazines ( they have nice pictures ), I lived in Oregon and it was a typical long cold raining winter and I was at someones cabin who had hundreds of them and a bunch of us are sitting around by the wood stove and looking at the pictures and dreaming about these beautiful tropical forrest and the lustful looking water falls . Within a year from than I was living in a tropical rain forrest hike-ing up the mountains behind my house ( shack ) that had an ocean view, to pick wild fruits and bathe in the water falls. It took me 10 years to break the spell and get myself back to the U.S.. Books , especialy ones with nice pictures are dangerous for me to look at .

-- SM Steve (Unreal@home.com), August 15, 2002.

Steve,

What country was the tropical rain forest in, sounds like where I want to be. If things ever get straightened out, then tropical climate, beaches and serious water time are on my highest priority.

-- BC (desertdweller44@yahoo.com), August 15, 2002.


I've been on a reading binge lately. I just finished reading Slammerkin, a Dickensian type story about an 18th century 14 yr old girl who was turned out of her house by her mother and became a hooker in London. Based on a true story, sad and troubling.

-- john (natlivent@pcpros.net), August 15, 2002.

Kathy,

Its a futuristic "end times " story and yes, it has worms :>) As far as completion.... remember Stephen Kings "Dark Tower" series? He isn't the only one who suffers critical writers block at times. I usually switch to technical article writing when the Muse abandon me.

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), August 16, 2002.


Well Jay when you get it finished save 2 copies for me. Both my husband & I love sci-fi but always argue over who gets to read the book first. Worms huh-the only sci-fi I've read involving worms was Dune, sounds like a fun read. May your creative inspiration return soon, now you've peaked my curiosity.

-- Kathy Aldridge (beckoningwinds@yahoo.com), August 16, 2002.


"Dune". Now those would make one helluva a composter :>)

-- Jay Blair in N. AL (jayblair678@yahoo.com), August 18, 2002.

Say Steve, no offense intended with my reference to Georgie! Your mention of not liking to read much brought him to mind right away, since he speaks proudly of that aspect of his personality. I happen to think its a rather bizarre quality for the Prez of the US, but what do I know? But certainly in no other way do you remind me of him!

Oh, and Steve, here's my 18 year old daughter's website I mentioned earlier; I think its workin now......Lotus.......all constructive critiques are appreciated and welcomed.

-- Earthmama (earthmama48@yahoo.com), August 19, 2002.


Earthmama ,it's not that I don't like reading , I just always find things to do that I like more. I don't want to read about something I find interesting ,I want to do it. I'm over active and they didn't have ritalin when I was a kid and I refuse to take it now. I was hoping George Harrisons' middle initial was W . And I don't take offense , I find it funny. .................... Great playing , I guess Lotus doesn't need to be told to practice , sounds like she jams round the clock. She's good .I like the demo . Real good. Nice voice. I want to e-mail you. I'll let you know when , before I do .

-- SM Steve (Unreal@home.com), August 19, 2002.

Earthmama, I really like your daughters sound! Very soulful. But then, I'm a big Bonnie Raitt, Dixie Chics kinda gal. :-) Tell her good luck with her career!

-- Patty (SycamoreHollow@aol.com), August 19, 2002.

I read anything "country" I can get my hands on. Found a huge box of magazines in the recycling bin - - so I've been working through those, the new Countryside mag, a book called Hurricane Bay which is the worst book I've tried to read for a while -- - just didn't like the way the plot was written, read a lot of genealogical material, and just finished the latest AARP magazine. Like mysteries of all types so just ordered one I heard them discussing on Court TV.

-- Granny Hen (cluckin along@cs.com), August 19, 2002.


Just wanted to throw a big thanks to Steve and Patty for their kind words about my daughter's music........I sent them along to her, and she sends her love and gratitude. You cannot imagine all the crap young women in the blues world receive; they are breaking hard and cold barriers that the status quo refuses to let go of, and its sometimes practically lifesaving to get those strokes.

Thanks again, and blessings to you,

-- Earthmama (earthmama48@yahoo.com), August 25, 2002.


Hi Earthmama, I tried to get the audio to download, but no luck. Do I have to have a special program? Dave and I have listened to the blues for a long time, mostly the real old guys, and I would love to hear your daughter. BTW, really neat photo of her with Buddy Guy! He's great. (I'm envious)! Also, just curious...what made Lotus first get interested in the blues? Any artist in particular? Really neat to see the young kids carrying it on.

-- Annie (mistletoe6@earthlink.net), August 26, 2002.

Thanks Annie. You should be able to hear the music with RealPlayer or WindowsMediaPlayer or pretty much any other internet music program, according to my 15-year-old who built that website for her sister. If you have one of these programs downloaded and it still doesnt work, I don't know what to say?

She was just always attracted to the blues. I think most people are kinda hard-wired to be moved by a certain kind(s) of music, although blues is also what speaks most to my heart too, so maybe there's a bit of an inheritance factor :) She absolutely studies the old guys, but I'm quite sure what really got her energized to do this herself was Jonny Lang, and then having several conversations with Shannon Curfmann. Suddenly it seemed very real and possible.

-- Earthmama (earthmama48@yahoo.com), August 26, 2002.


Thanks Earthmama, I'll definitely try it again. I always listen to mostly the old guys, so I asked Dave about Johnny Lang and if he heard of him..Dave said he's a great guitarist and Dave has a cd of Shannon Curfmann, I didn't even know, I'm going to have to give it a listen.

Don't know if you remember me posting this or not, but we have a handicapped daughter. Dave would sit her beside him and turn on the old blues. It was the first thing we could ever get her to react to and she still does. Amazing. She liked songs with a shuffle the best. (She's really a good judge on music)! It's really something about the power of music and how it unexplainably gets to your soul.

-- Annie (mistletoe6@earthlink.net), August 26, 2002.


Earthmama, I forgot to add....Dave has a big collection of blues tapes, if there's any you all would like a copy of, just let me know and I'll send it up to ya. Has Lotus ever listened to Willie Dixon? He's a real old one that wrote alot of the songs that Muddy Waters sang....7th son, little red rooster, hootchie cootchie man etc... Just holler at me if your intereste

-- Annie (mistletoe6@earthlink.net), August 26, 2002.

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