do you remember those new year's resolutions we all made a few months ago? mr. pike and i made a list together, and it's posted on our fridge. (although it's slightly covered up, and we don't look at it very often.)
on most occasions, i can't remember the majority of our goals. (isn't that a great way to get them accomplished!) but, one i really have been working on is reading more. my goal is to read 10 books this year. for some that may be highly ambitious, for others quite a pittance. i'd like to say someday that i read more than that. but, as it stands now, it's taken me three months to finish my first book.
and that's not any reflection on the book -- the dirty life by kristin kimball. i loved it! i gave the book to mr. pike for christmas, and then proceeded to steal it away to read. we both had read an excerpt from the book in an in-flight magazine, and were drawn in by the way kristin writes.
she is a masterful writer that takes you right into her world. there were moments i was ready to give up suburban life for the farm. and moments i still do. but, she doesn't sugar coat the hard work and trials of living off the land either. it's really beautiful and real.
and while we have no plans of buying a farm any day soon, i have already been planning this year's garden. i'm really excited. i bought a few seeds this week to start my lettuce, spinach, and carrots. and when it really warms up around here, we'll plant tomatoes, peppers, beans, and herbs. our new place has a nice, little deck that is very sunny. and i think our garden will be very happy there.
now i'm working on the book thief -- which i'm enjoying immensely. but, after that i'm not sure what to read. any suggestions?
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One of my favorite books to read and recommend is "A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana" by Haven Kimmel. It's a memoir, and it's hilarious. We lived close to Mooreland when we lived in Indiana, and it was fun to drive down to visualize Zippy there. If you read it, and like it, there's a sequel: "She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana," which not only continues Zippy's story, but also tells her mother's as well. I will warn you that both books, if read between the lines, suggest a darker childhood than the one openly depicted, but her positive spin on a difficult childhood is something I especially love about these books.
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