Life is a luxurious theater for people paying attention.
I just finished William B. Irving's book, The Stoic Challenge. A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer and More Resilient. It was a great and easy read. Lots of good ideas. The "ancient" philosophers seemed to have so much free time to sit around and just think about stuff. Still perfectly prescriptive for today's odd times.
If we spent time appreciating the beauty and energy around us instead of trying to figure out who to blame we might be much, much happier. Just a thought.
I finished the book while having a mid-afternoon coffee and a blueberry muffin in the incredibly cool air conditioning at the Whole Foods Flagship store on S. Lamar Blvd. Listening the Billie Elish's latest album via my iPhone. Penned in by a large German family on one side and Austin hippies on the other side. All good.
I've just started reading Pulitzer Prize winner, Annie Dillard's 1989 book, The Writing Life. So far so fun. What a nice Summer to spend mostly swimming and reading. And having Chinese food with friends. And frequenting a lovely bookstore in Hyde Park. It's called, The First Light Bookstore, and I think I'm in love with it. They always seem to have exactly what I wanted but didn't know I wanted until I saw it. New Josef Koudelka books arriving in a seemingly endless stream....
Hope you are staying cool, calm and curious. I'm having fun looking at a beautiful young woman in fishnet stockings. Makes for a good screen saver.
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Glad you're having a good summer. I hope all the ways you take good care of yourself pay off. I'm at the age where there's always one thing or another going wrong. So far the list includes hearing going bad, cataracts forming, knees hurting, sinuses draining, old crowns falling off, heart doing weird things sometimes. I'm supplying a number of the doctors of central Texas with nice houses, boats, and cameras.
Oh, and thanks for the book suggestions; always welcome.