some reading...

I'm pretty tired from this weekend. What was nice was I got some downtime to run some errands today, and do a little shopping which took my mind off things. I also got to finish 2 books I've been working on, The Sacred Book of the Werewolf and A Mercy - the new Toni Morrison book. It was very lovely, and as I just recently watched The New World (the Colin Farrell movie from 2005 about John Smith and Pocahontas) I was really in the mood for it. The movie is all visual, about how fresh and beautiful this new unpolluted world is to the colonists, coming from the stinky disgusting mess of 17th century England. It gave me an imaginary backdrop for the books settings, and it's a very dreamy, lush read, if you don't mind how difficult and harsh the lives are that it describes. I just love her books, they're a pleasure to pour over, and the Werewolf book was really clever and original. I think I'll read it again in a few years and see if I can't absorb more of it's taoist themes. It's really complicated concepts translated from Russian, and some of it sort of went over me, though I got a lot out of it about love and letting go, and being at peace with yourself. Next I'm finally picking up the Early Diaries of Anias Nin, which has been stacked patiently by my bed since before Christmas. It's really nice to have found some great books to sink my brain into, and wash around in all these words and ideas. I picked up some thin pocket sized moleskin books when I was out today, and want to start keeping my thoughts in them more regularly the the hastened bi-weekly event my diary has turned into. Also, I noticed simply lovely, warm golden weather today, like the first big breath of LA spingtime that feels like a mild summer, and it cheered me up a lot. Time for flipflops and light dresses and maybe, if I'm lucky, some camping. Maybe even, some camping and reading :) I'm probably getting excited too soon, it's only March after all, but with all the bad news lately, it's nice to just daydream about summertime and nature.