Month: March 2013
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Turkey Day 1 – Arriving
This will be a quick one, but we arrived last night in Istanbul. The flight was fine, though Qatar Airways is not really the five-star kind of airlines they advertise, at least not in the peanut gallery. 🙂 It took us a while to get out of the airport due to the visa lines. It…
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Spring Break!
As I typed the title, I realized it could have another meaning…as in releasing a mental break…. I guess my darkish thoughts have not yet passed, but lie hidden underneath with moments of peace, but with occasional reminders that it is still there. Anyway, spring break has indeed begun and I take off tomorrow for…
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_A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose_ by Eckhart Tolle
_A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose_ by Eckhart Tolle Some friends of ours had been talking about this book and how it helped them to change their perspectives on dealing with people and most especially within themselves. Apparently, Tolle is more famous for his _The Power of Now_ book, but our friends seemed…
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_The Middlesteins_ by Jami Attenberg
_The Middlesteins_ by Jami Attenberg Another novel edited by my editor friend and this one was so interesting. The Middlesteins are a family that is trying to survive despite a strong, overbearing and self-destructive central figure who has greatly affected everyone in the family in different ways. They become a typically dysfunctional middle-class Jewish American…
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_Invisible Man_ by Ralph Ellison
_Invisible Man_ by Ralph Ellison This has been on my reading list for a number of years. It is not to be confused with H.G. Well’s _The Invisible Man_, which is quite a different story. Ellison’s book deals with the African-American situation in the south and then in NYC during the ’20’s and ’30’s. It…
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_The Devil in the White City_ by Erik Larson
_The Devil in the White City_ by Erik Larson I am not sure how I came across this book, maybe from Oprah’s list or from Amazon’s recommended reads. It may have been when I was looking for non-fiction work after getting hooked on Jon Krakaeur’s books. In any case, this was a very interesting story…
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On a Happier Note…
Now that I’ve gone down the scary dark road, I’m trying to return to the lighter ways…. Last night, a friend and I went to dinner and our second Andrea Bocelli concert. It was a really lovely night out and just what I needed in terms of conversation and activity. The concert was just okay.…
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Dark Thoughts…
Me and vodka do not really go well together. Whenever I have vodka drinks I end up feeling very very dark. With my already dark tendencies, especially of late (as you may notice in my posts), I get really hopeless about this life. Anyway, I have really been unhappy with everything and everyone lately. One…
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Should I Be So Angry?
Lately, the voice in my head is full of angry under and over tones. The other day I was in the car on the way to work feeling a really deep-seeded dislike of people. Not just a disgust with society or annoyance at the various A-holes on the road, but a truly raw “I can’t…
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Lost Daughter…
Yesterday, I read this article on the blog “Lost Daughters”. It hit home in many ways as it relates to being caught between worlds and struggling to not only find my place, but to be accepted for the place that I have found. There is one place in the world where I felt totally ‘normal’…
