i think morgana sent me this photo because she knows i like birch trees . . i'm not sure where in london it was taken.
last christmas both i and her friend deychen gave her dodie smith's book i capture the castle; one in paperback and one in hardcover. i think it had just been reprinted so it was in every catalog and bookstore. i'd like to re-read it myself, but currently i have so many books beside my bed that i'm not sure when i'll find time to pick it up. i just started carlos acosta's no way home, and still haven't finished scott stossel's my age of anxiety. i also began marjorie stoneman douglas' river of grass last week . .
That is a pretty flower bed. Maybe you are trying to finish too many books at once? I have the same problem, though.
ReplyDeleteYes, and when I try to read in bed at night I usually fall asleep.
DeleteI remember my mother always saying that and I could not understand this as a young person, but now I often feel the same.
DeleteActually, I find it very frustrating as I don't accomplish as much as I would like. I do remember my mother going through the same thing. She and my dad would fall asleep on the couch after dinner with book and newspaper open on their laps, or the TV on and their eyes closed.
DeleteI think this is just how things go and we cannot really help it.
DeleteYes! I suppose it's also why everyone tries so hard to hang onto their youth! But face lifts and drugs won't change the inevitable. It makes me sad to see the older actors in movies with face lifts.
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