I have started in on my Glimmertrain backlog for the short-story fiction part of my journey, and will try to catch up a bit through a few issues before I switch to one of the other anthologies on my hearth. and of course, Novakovich’s Fiction Workshop is on my table as well. But Still Life, the video, must wait until my schoolwork is done in three weeks.
For the book, my choice I think will be Didascalicon, which I had started some time last year but was missing the mind to absorb it. In reading Suttree, I discovered myself reading in small bits at a time, something that I had never done before, zooming through books without taking time to digest what I’d eaten in words and ideas. Along with the study and reading of text required in this ongoing course, I think the opportunity has presented itself to learn a new way of reading several things at once without losing the thought and depth of involvement in each individual piece. The short stories, of course, help by being natural breaks. It amazes me how much diversity I am exploring in this manner of reading. Didascalicon is something that needs to be read and ruminated upon, as a cow eats fresh grass then continues on enjoying the cud, getting everything out of the meal that she possibly can.
So, moooo.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology