busy last week…

“all over but the shoutin'” – rick bragg – alabama native – ny times writer (for a while – maybe a full-time novelist now – forget) – it’s a high school BOB – good choice for the kids – good reread for myself – read it probably 11-ish years back – story of how to find balance in family and career – how to deal with where you came from as you work where you are now – i was impatient b/c i was re-reading the book – although, i did remember the basic outline of things – so i read it within a day

“all in” – chizik – good book – encouraging to find someone at auburn has faith:) anyway, i probably liked best the part about how chizik tries to be a good father – how he tries to teach young men – b/c i think that teaching part is what educators do too

“my life in theatre and other tragedies” – by zadoff – a high school BOB – finished on thursday – okay – basic story of two mismatches who fall in love (the star of the show and the geek-but-kind-hearted stage hand – oh, and how the stage hand overcomes grief to live again) – not great – but i’m sure some theater person picked it and loved it (i was a bit role theater person for a while so i at least feel qualified in not being thrilled over it:)

“darth paper” – cute book – very good – better than the original – if it’s possible – and it is – b/c i say so – good book about why the highly gifted struggle in middle school – they have to learn, sadly, to crush their quirkiness and be who others want them to be – sad but true – unless they plan on being lonely

“long distance” by bill mckibben – writer takes a year off at 37 to train as an alpine skier – story about endurance – about health, youth, aging, and death – really, really enjoyed the book – great insights – good writing

i think that’s about it – early in the week runs together a bit – anyway, have a race saturday – first one in several months – and since the marathon i was going to run was cancelled – and devastated me – this sort of provides a small does of remedy – then, on to watch the vols – or the tide – i forget…

enjoy the week,
maf