Aug. 20th, 2018 05:03 pm
A hint of winter
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muckefuckToday we have the weather I've been longing for for weeks: cool and grey. What I've really wanted is the kind of slow all-day rain that would excuse sitting inside and reading a good book. We've had thunderstorms, but a downpour simply isn't the same. I almost regret not taking the day off. I could have excused it easily on the basis of my recent surgery and I've got days to burn this month anyway.
I'm not sure what I would have read. Maybe finished Mephisto, maybe taken another stab at Y pla. This was a whim purchase spurred by reading an indifferent short story by Wiliam Owen Roberts which nonetheless prompted me to research him and discover that he was considered something of a Welsh answer to Máirtín Ó Cadhain. A few clicks and I found that one of his novels, about the coming of the Black Death to North Wales, was available for a modest sum, and I ordered it.
Or I also have short story collections (such as the one featuring Roberts) I could dip into instead if I wanted a little less of a challenge. I also have something of a bad conscience about borrowing a book from Uncle Betty early in the year and never getting around to reading it. It's considered a classic in his native country and prominently features his native state but I just haven't felt in the mood to read any Spanish lately.
I'm not sure what I would have read. Maybe finished Mephisto, maybe taken another stab at Y pla. This was a whim purchase spurred by reading an indifferent short story by Wiliam Owen Roberts which nonetheless prompted me to research him and discover that he was considered something of a Welsh answer to Máirtín Ó Cadhain. A few clicks and I found that one of his novels, about the coming of the Black Death to North Wales, was available for a modest sum, and I ordered it.
Or I also have short story collections (such as the one featuring Roberts) I could dip into instead if I wanted a little less of a challenge. I also have something of a bad conscience about borrowing a book from Uncle Betty early in the year and never getting around to reading it. It's considered a classic in his native country and prominently features his native state but I just haven't felt in the mood to read any Spanish lately.
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