dearest of the dearly gifted,
i hope this blog finds you enjoying your monday night – and that you have a happy week of reading – i was pretty productive last week…

book two of the five-part series on Christ by eugene peterson – i forget the specific name – it was on the language of Christ – relied a bunch on luke 11-19 – a period where Jesus spoke in parables – was worthwhile read on many levels – by far the best book i read over the week – i’ve now read three of the five books – all really good

series of unfortunate events, books like nine and ten last week – got the baudelaires up to – or rather down the stream – to the ocean where they search for the sugar bowl – if i remember book 11 right – book eight or nine has my favorite line – which i completely didn’t get or remember from years before – “there are many things that are unpleasant in life – finding yourself in a grocery store with distance runners is one of them” – love, love, love that introduction to the chapter – although my above was a paraphrase

read also “dreams of my father” by president obama – written when he was like 33 and in the mid-1990s – sort of autobiography/analysis of race relations in the world – rather long, like 440 pages – i got it along with the snicket book thursday at the public library – perhaps the oddest combo check out ever:)

finished runners world – started running times-  finished christianity today, history channel magazine – the economist – oh, and sports illustrated – suppose what i remember most was the running stuff – the articles about the mix of faith and training were inspiring

on tap for this week is a book by the snicket author – daniel handler – called “adverbs” – i probably will reread some of my boston things as well – hope your reading goes well – and best wishes to BOB people

maf