three new, one old books this week…

“My Road to Kenya” by O’Leary and Clare – a book on making a difference in another country – about fighting corruption – about spurring others on to do good deeds – about not taking pictures on top of your car while on safari:) very good picture of Kenya and its problems and beauty

“Because I said So” by Ken Jennings – are the things your parents say – that you shouldn’t cross your eyes b/c they’ll freeze that way – are those things right or just heresay??? the book was pretty interesting – moved fast – and might make me rethink how i do some things – like, i shouldn’t apparently be washing my hair ever day – so if you wonder about the smell:)

“i shouldn’t even be doing this” by newhart – mom gave me “Newhart” season one – 82-83 season – for Christmas – and oh, it was so funny – b/c i’m just that old i guess – anyway, i had to check out the comic’s book – from 2006 – really funny – cute – comedy is very different today – sadly, it’s often not as intellectually stimulating

“in due time” by wayne atcheson and jay barker – i reread this one – after about 20 years – very interesting – in ways, barker was an earlier tebow – and the question i got from reading it was just how the book would be written today – like, after what jay’s gone through in the last 20 years, how his story would change – or how he’d see things – b/c i think tebow will have those questions to ask as well – the interesting thing about a book written when you’re 20 is that what you think is your “peak” is really just the first little hill you’ve climbed – good, bad or otherwise – but for tebow and barker, it all likelihood, their top of the chart moment was really early in life – and how do you deal with that, knowing that you peaked really early? it’s a good question, i think

hope your first week back of journaling is good – or for anna, her 80th consecutive week of journaling b/c she never stopped:)

mafeld