It’s a beautiful,
sunny day,
blue sky,
cold crisp.
Winter.
Mom and I went,
to see,
Tintin,
yesterday,
and then,
had some,
take out Chinese.
A nice way,
to spend,
the first day,
of 2012.
I don’t make,
New Year’s,
resolutions,
well, not for a few years, anyway!
I don’t like,
feeling,
like a failure,
<wink>
That doesn’t mean,
I don’t look,
at the coming year,
with hope,
and resolve,
to be a better,
person,
friend,
girlfriend,
daughter,
role model,
citizen,
bookseller,
lover,
writer,
all the parts,
that are,
me.
Last year,
I took up,
a reading challenge,
and.
it didn’t go,
as I expected,
but,
the two books,
I read as part,
of the challenge,
Giovanni’s Room,
and,
The Price Of Salt,
were both,
excellent and brave,
both written in the fifties,
at a time,
when being,
out and proud,
was,
rare.
My favourite book,
of 2011,
was,
Parnassus On Wheels,
a book about the love of books,
and finding,
the one you are meant,
to be with,
it’s never too late.
To change your life,
to follow ,
your heart,
your dreams,
well worth,
anyone’s time.
The author who,
I ‘discovered’ this year,
Wallace Stegner,
powerful prose,
real insight,
wisdom,
I will be reading,
more of his work.
I still am,
way behind as far as,
French language books,
are concerned,
my Christmas presents,
will help that,
I received two,
Jacques Poulin books,
from my aunt.
Poulin,
is a Quebecois writer,
that I like,
very much,
a proud defender of the,
French language,
the French fact in,
North America,
His love of books,
Hemingway,
Cats,
Hockey,
and the Road,
make him a good fit,
common interests,
obsessions.
He is available,
in English translation,
his Volkwagen Blues,
is a beautiful book,
a road novel,
very Quebecois,
and yet,
universal.
This year,
I want to be open,
to new and old,
to read some of the novels,
I’ve always wanted to read,
to leave room for,
‘coup de coeur’.
Seems,
to be pretty much what,
I always do,
read,
because I love to read,
because I must read.
Let it be resolved…
that I keep on reading.
🙂
Later girls,
BB