The cool weather has set in. It is
perfect for working outside and spreading the 10 yards of mulch I had dumped in
the front yard. My method, at my age, is
to do a little at a time, alternating with reading online and my new book, Jane
Gardam’s Old Filth, which I am
finding delightful. The mulch will likely take me all week. The book, just one
more day.
This method accomplishes two
things. It gives me both exercise and prevents excessive couch sitting. Sitting, I read this week somewhere, is the
new smoking; it will take years off your life.
Oh well, I guess I’ve already done quite a bit of that damage – reading
and working in offices.
I posted my review of Solea, the third book of the Jean-Claude
Izzo’s Marseilles Trilogy this week and I am ready to move on to something other
than noir for a bit, though I’m not sure what.
I’m in the gathering ideas stage.
Next book, after Old Filth, needs to
be a newish one. (I am sure I will be returning to Gardam to read the next
three in that series – but I want to interrupt this Europa pattern for a
while.)
Time for a library visit.
Reading is the new smoking?! I had no idea. It's too late for me because I can't stop. :-) I hope you enjoy your weekend.
ReplyDeleteYeah I've been out gardening too today. I think I can only do a couple hours at a time but there's so much weeding to do -- before I can plant! Enjoy your library visit. I'm a bit all over the place with my reading lately. cheers. http://www.thecuecard.com/
ReplyDeleteNo Vasilly. Sitting is the new smoking! But presumably you are sitting or perhaps lying somewhere when you are reading. There are those who read while on the treadmill at the gym, but I am not one of them.
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