Latest Book or Article you read and what did you think?

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I have got a book of Sam Shepard plays and dang, talk about Gifted. The guy had minimal university education but wow, he could write. I just read "True West" and "Buried Child". Both great plays.
 

Last book Iā€™m reading was the plant paradox and it really has a positive effect on me. Lectins are proteins far worse than gluten Just that alone has awakened me to a whole new way of eating and my stomach thanks me.
 

USS SEAWOLF by Patrick Robinson. Nuke Attack sub studying Chinese Nuke ambitions.


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The book I've just started reading is The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare'. I've enjoyed books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and I have hopes for this being good too.

The last article I read and greatly enjoyed was this one by Wendell Berry, titled Two Minds which appeared in his book Citizen Papers (2003). : Two Minds - by Wendell Berry

Looking over it again there is a quote I'd share but I think it deserves its own thread, which I'll start now if I can do it fast enough or else soon.
 
JG Ballard's collection of short stories called "Voices of Time".

As a collection, it's a masterpiece. Inspiring, educational, and aspirational. He wrote about the human condition is a unique way, and saw beyond the facade of our society. It's a wonderful collection (as his others are), and I'll read it again no doubt.
 
The Dollmakers by Lynn Buchanan

Fantasy-fiction.
Thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Taken from Good Reads
In the country called One, dollmakers are vital members of the community.
An artisanā€™s doll is the height of societyā€™s accomplishments, while a guardā€™s doll is the only thing standing between the people of One and the vicious, cobbled monstrosities (Shod) that will tear apart any structureā€”living or dead, inanimate or otherwiseā€”to add to their horde.
Apprentice Shean of Pearl is a brilliant dollmaker. With her clever dolls, she intends to outsmart and destroy the Shod, once and for allā€”a destiny sheā€™s worked her whole life toward accomplishing.
But when the time comes for her dolls to be licensed, sheā€™s told her work is too beautiful and delicate to fight. A statement that wounds and infuriates her; the Shod killed everyone she loved. How could her fate be anything but fighting them?
 
it's strange but unlike paper books I tend to move from one to another. Reading two right now and to be honest, have no clue on either plot.
With a paper book you picked it up, turned to the bookmaker and went on. Digital adds another aspect to reading. So much, so much access, so many options. Hence I am never settled in on one book. It is much like TV these days. So many channels, so much access. Next thing you know you are sub scripted to more channels then you wanted.
How to rein this all in, is another question. How do you retain those things that mattered in a world where nothing seems to matter. How do you keep a steady routine thru a world that spins at a mind boggling pace. How do you say no. enough!
I don't know the answer but I know the question. I suppose that if you are younger then this is the new normal. If you are older, however the Question is how to make it stop? how to control it, how to ignore it, if need be. interested in comments
 
rbtvgo said:
it's strange but unlike paper books I tend to move from one to another. Reading two right now and to be honest, have no clue on either plot.
With a paper book you picked it up, turned to the bookmaker and went on. Digital adds another aspect to reading. So much, so much access, so many options. Hence I am never settled in on one book. It is much like TV these days. So many channels, so much access. Next thing you know you are sub scripted to more channels then you wanted.
How to rein this all in, is another question. How do you retain those things that mattered in a world where nothing seems to matter. How do you keep a steady routine thru a world that spins at a mind boggling pace. How do you say no. enough!
I don't know the answer but I know the question. I suppose that if you are younger then this is the new normal. If you are older, however the Question is how to make it stop? how to control it, how to ignore it, if need be. interested in comments
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A lot of what you say makes sense to me. It feels like every aspect of living is in transition. I have started to anticipate some kind of disruption to accompany most all of my activity. In other words "don't be so surprised at all the confusion around us." :)
 
rbtvgo said:
it's strange but unlike paper books I tend to move from one to another. Reading two right now and to be honest, have no clue on either plot.
With a paper book you picked it up, turned to the bookmaker and went on. Digital adds another aspect to reading. So much, so much access, so many options. Hence I am never settled in on one book. It is much like TV these days. So many channels, so much access. Next thing you know you are sub scripted to more channels then you wanted.
How to rein this all in, is another question. How do you retain those things that mattered in a world where nothing seems to matter. How do you keep a steady routine thru a world that spins at a mind boggling pace. How do you say no. enough!
I don't know the answer but I know the question. I suppose that if you are younger then this is the new normal. If you are older, however the Question is how to make it stop? how to control it, how to ignore it, if need be. interested in comments
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You keep the traditions you love. You say no to the new things that make you uneasy or give you the uh o feelings. You understand that the rest of the world doesn't know you exist and are going at their pace and making their traditions. Yes, things change, but you do not and should not bring them into your life. This is one reason I refuse to own a cell phone...I don't have any reason to carry a phone around with me! No earth shaking life changing call is going to come while I am changing the sheets.
You make it stop by not particapating (sp) in it. No cell phone here, not an air fryer, fancy coffee pot, or other trendy crap.

Everytime you get dependent on a device, you are made a prisoner of it. I am totally amazed at the amounts of money people pay to carry a cell phone around!! I am guilty of it to a degree even, by using this computer.
 
I'm reading a fairly new book, My Documents. It's about a Vietnamese family, some time in the near future in the U.S. After a terror attack similar to 9/11, engineered by Vietnamese people, occurs, the U.S. inters all Vietnamese in the country, similar to the Japanese in WW2. It's really good, well written. Author, Kevin Nguyen, is Vietnamese.
 
I waited over 60 years to finally read Red Alert, written in 1958. I got a cheap reprint.
I bought it in high school or 8th gradefor .25 and lost it. I liked the cover. Its really an adult book, a taut suspense novel about nuclear war between the old USSR and U.S.
I would not have understood it when I was 12. But I enjoyed it now. The original paperback is still around.
Made into a popular movie Dr. Strangelove and "Failsafe". A small classic.
 
I love all the comments. Dusty in particular. Keep the traditions you love. Your right, I agree, but it is so difficult. I need a cell phone. I have people working for me in our gift store that have questions and need quick answers. I just can't ignore them. Hence I am between a rock and a hard place. I need the technology but I don't want it. I can live in a world that I can understand or I can deal, as best I can, with a world that has changed drastically. I cannot live in both. What to do???????
 
rbtvgo said:
I love all the comments. Dusty in particular. Keep the traditions you love. Your right, I agree, but it is so difficult. I need a cell phone. I have people working for me in our gift store that have questions and need quick answers. I just can't ignore them. Hence I am between a rock and a hard place. I need the technology but I don't want it. I can live in a world that I can understand or I can deal, as best I can, with a world that has changed drastically. I cannot live in both. What to do???????
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You are smart in that you know an d see the problem very clearly. Do you need/want to keep the shop running? Sell it, retire? That would limit the need for the technology and give you some free time for you. Or you could set a time aside when you accept calls from the store between certain hours unless it is an emergency. Or you could run the shop and eliminate the hassle of calls.

It seems as though you may as well be there then to worry about when a call will come in. For myself, unless i needed the income, I would sell or close the shop and relax. Life does not get longer or easier. Just how important is the shop for your daily life??
 
dusty said:
You are smart in that you know an d see the problem very clearly. Do you need/want to keep the shop running? Sell it, retire? That would limit the need for the technology and give you some free time for you. Or you could set a time aside when you accept calls from the store between certain hours unless it is an emergency. Or you could run the shop and eliminate the hassle of calls.

It seems as though you may as well be there then to worry about when a call will come in. For myself, unless i needed the income, I would sell or close the shop and relax. Life does not get longer or easier. Just how important is the shop for your daily life??
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you hit something in me with your comment, Can you offer anymore comments?
bob
 
rbtvgo said:
you hit something in me with your comment, Can you offer anymore comments?
bob
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I don't know but there are lots of things to discover about oneself through sitting and being quiet. Also, seriously, just how important is the shop to you? You may be more ready to quit the rat race than you think.

I carried a pager for over 20 yrs. When I finally retired from medicine I was soooo happy to return it to the squad. From that point forward I contended that my life was all mine. Even tho it sounds selfish, every day I wake and tell myself "It's all about me."

Unless you already know what it is you'd be doing, then take some time to discover how you got where you are and was where you are in your dreams at any time??
 
The last book I finished was Boris Vian's "L'Herbe Rouge." Sort of a sequel to his "L'Ecume des Jours" (filmed as "Mood Indigo,") it involves experimental memory machines, a talking dog that stops talking when it gets its dream toy (so it's about addiction? Possibly), and various philosophical discussions. Unfortunately unlike "L'Ecume" where there is a clear plot (Chloe gets ill. Colin has to find ways to pay for her treatment. Cue degradation and the realisation he's living in a dystopia), in "L'Herbe" not a lot happens. I'm currently reading "Y'all Ain't Right," a book of "Southern Extreme Horror stories."
 
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