Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • I end my summer reading update with my favorite book of the summer. It takes me a while to get to anything that is popular or trendy because I tend to avoid conforming to what everyone else is doing at a specific time. However, I can now fully appreciate why everyone was raving about _Three Cups of Tea_ by Greg Mortenson. Mortenson was a mountain climber. A failed attempt at K2 leads him…

  • What a book! Recommended by my BFF to read and part of Oprah’s Book Club, I had recently considered reading this book, but wasn’t sure as I am still not sold on contemporary fiction – though from my summer reads, I’m not sure I can say that anymore! This novel by Kathryn Stockett was a great read. I could hardly stop reading it and that was on my iPad! It had a bit…

  • _Committed_ by Elizabeth Gilbert _Eat Pray Love_ fans may not enjoy _Committed_ as much, but for me in the phase of my life I’m at right now, I thoroughly appreciated Elizabeth Gilbert’s research and discovery on marriage. Taking up where the love story ended in her previous novel, Gilbert shares the struggles she and Felipe face when he runs into trouble flying in and out of the US post 9-11. While there was…

  • James Patterson usually entertains me. Some might not be a fan of his writing or find it quality work, but when I read mass printed paperbacks, I’m just looking to be entertained. So, as another option found on the beach house bookshelf, I couldn’t really pass it up. Patterson has a few serial characters that he continues to develop and one is Alex Cross, an African-American detective with three kids and his grandmother.…

  • While staying at the beach house during my visit to the Oregon Coast with my family, I finished reading Cormac McCarthy’s _The Road_. He is the author of other books such as _No Country for Old Men_, _All the Pretty Horses_, etc. R had borrowed this book from the library before the summer holidays and said it was really well-written. So, when I saw it on the bookshelf at the house, I thought…

  • As part of my yearly reading of something philosophical, I decided it was time to finish Plato’s _The Republic_, which I had started for a Philosophies of Education course at Teachers College. I enjoyed reading the thoughts of Plato through Socrates and comparing the philosophies of society now with the ideas of then. Times have not really changed much, surprisingly, over the years. For example, consider Socrates’ argument about the separation of men…

  • Is it true or just a common way of complaining that it already feels like three months of vacation never happened after just three days of classes? I know I said that it’s not that I’m not happy to be back, but I think it’s a lie. I’ve got culture shock and homesickness all at the same time. On top of that, my head is full of what-to-do’s, what-if’s, and how-do-I-know’s. It’s good…

  • Deep in my gut is where I feel it Deep in my soul is where I know it Deep in my heart is where I keep it This feeling This connection This love When I’m with you The world slows down When I’m with you The air feels lighter When I’m with you The darkness fades away Into the laughter Into the joy Into the peacefulness Of this feeling Of this connection Of…

  • It’s been three months since I had to go in to work. I know, I shouldn’t say that out loud or too much or else I might get injured from others’ stink-eyes and jealous jabs. 😉 Seriously, coming back has been traumatic on the body in recovering from jet lag; tiring to the mind in reminding myself not to smile at everyone, ignore any comments made in languages I do not understand, people…

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