Day 1110: A fine Tuesday in many respects

[eve_prime]

Today was sunny, at least the part of it I saw; it must have rained earlier. I did a bunch of work on that paper – but in a relaxed fashion – and then took a break to start mowing the lawn. Alas, the lawn was very, very wet. I did want to do something outside, though, so I went to the park to look for newts in the creek. Since we still had snow in yesterday’s rain, though, the creek is surely still too cold, and I didn’t see any. And even though it was sunny and not all that cold, I seemed to be the only person in the park.

D started spring term today – I think he intends to graduate this term.

Meanwhile, at sword class today J learned that someone at Friday’s Fight Night had Covid, so now we’re a bit concerned again. Rather, he’s a bit concerned and I was shrugging it off, but within the last hour my throat started getting sore. I hope it was just the citrus in the tangelo I had after dinner!

The most special thing about today, though, is that my old LJ friend Nicole Chung’s second book A Living Remedy came out today, and my copy was on my porch when I got up. I started reading this evening and I’m almost halfway through. Apparently she got a highly favorable review in the New York Times! I’m saving it to read until I finish the book.

Comments

[kaishin108]

I just read the review of that book, wow it sounds really good.
I think it is too sad for me to read though. She sounds like a very special person to have experienced all of that AND to be able to write about it. I can hardly stand to remember the bad times in my life. My hat goes off to her.

(We were very poor growing up and yes my dad had a job in the timber industry, my uncle too. As much as I am relieved for the forests and the Owls, it made things difficult when an industry is lost.)

She sounds like a very brave woman. And of course our system of treating people in need, well it needs so much work. Let alone the prejudice she experienced, tragic.

Hugs, Helen

[eve_prime]

Yes, I'm sure it's a very different experience to read her book without already knowing the story. For me, it's getting to read her reflections about events I already know about, which is of course still sad but there aren't surprises.

I am thinking you might really enjoy her first book. When I first "met" her, on LiveJournal, she was pregnant and starting the process of trying to find her birth family - she'd been born to a Korean couple in Seattle then adopted as a newborn to parents in Medford. It turned out to be an amazing story, which years later she wrote into a book. I even got to see her on TV, on Trevor Noah's show! It's called "All You Can Ever Know" and it got awesome reviews too.

[kaishin108]

Thank you, I just added it to my Wish List at B&N :)

[eve_prime]

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