At the time of the last life update we had waited about 3 months for
the permit to put in a new drain field for our septic system. After
another month we cancelled the job, got a refund, and found another
company to start the process. They had a permit in 2 weeks and the job
was completed a few days later. We may have been a bit too patient.
I switched from flip phone to smartphone. The 2 posts on the saga
begin here
As a result of reading Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le
Cunff I’ve been learning a bit
of Bash scripting. In the video course I’m using (along with other
material) I learned enough about vim to use it to practice writing such
scripts. Now I’m using vim a bit more as the editor with Mutt, an email
program I use fairly often. If and when I get secure enough with it I
might switch to using vim rather than nano for routine console text
editing.
Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate Biography by Bruce Chilton -
“Jesus within the context of his times to present a fresh, historically
accurate, and revolutionary examination of the man who founded
Christianity.” This was a very different look at Jesus for me and I
enjoyed the perspective.
Why Religion?: A Personal Story by Elaine Pagels - The
title says it all. I’ve read some of her work and enjoyed seeing how she
got into that line of writing.
Urgent Track by D.L. Keur
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle - A very realistic
science-fiction story by an astronomer and cosmologist published in
1959. It came highly recommended and they were right.
Toxic Deceit by D.L. Keur
Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing by
Mignon Fogarty
Cloud of the Impossible: Negative Theology and Planetary
Entanglement by Catherine Keller - I found this extremely difficult
to read and understand. The main reason was the use of complex words
especially when they flowed together in a sentence. It was poetic many
times. Many concepts in the book are about things that when experienced
are nearly impossible to put into words. It seems to me that the book
got across the concept that some of the most important things are not
actually understandable in the way we conceive of understanding. The
title “Cloud of the Impossible” resonates with me.
My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende - A
historical novel about a young writer who journeys to South America to
uncover the truth about her father. Top notch in my estimation.
InnSaei: Heal, Revive and Reset with the Icelandic Art of
Intuition by Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
The Prophetic Imagination by Walter Brueggemann -
“Brueggemann traces the lines from the radical vision of Moses to the
solidification of royal power in Solomon to the prophetic critique of
that power with a new vision of freedom in the prophets.”
Tiny Experiments by Anne-Laure Le Cunff - “A transformative
guide to rethinking our approach to goals, creativity, and life itself.”
I posted how
I used what I learned in this book.
The Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben - “Wilde is a
mystery to everyone. Decades ago, he was found as a boy living feral in
the woods, with no memory of his past.” The story was engrossing at the
beginning and had mysteries to be solved which kept me reading. But it
felt cluttered, like there were too many things going on. I’m not sure
why I stuck with this book to the end.
Currently Reading:
Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality by Richard
Rohr
Entropy by Peter Cawdron
Selected Writings (Meister Eckhart) with editor Oliver
Davies