No words, just emotions about this poetic treasure. How I delighted in this book! I want to hang out with Patti Smith and Maira Kalman (The Principles Of Uncertainty) and just walk around together.

So excited to start this today. Here is my special tree friend. A 115 year old White Pine I call "Sister".

My vow to buy no books in October lasted 7 days. How was I to know Bill Ayers would be on NPR and in Boston talking about this awesome book?

Wanted!! For reading banned books. Having some fun at the library today.

I had to take a short Litsy break as I was just amassing books but not doing much reading! I was at the bookshop yesterday and realized I already have all the books I wanted to get! Time for me to settle down!! (Cross stitch by me!)

An interesting blend of Traditional Asian medicine and Western research. I love this stuff! At 750 pages it lands in the TBFB category. (Too Big For Bed).

As requested @Posemn , here is a pic of the Beer and Lime Roasted Cauliflower Tacos. They were very good. Labor intensive but that's mostly because I make my own tortillas.

I can see where my day is going. Four pages in and hooked!

Thanks to my mail carrier for delivering this at 8:20 am! 🎉 I am curious...do you all read hardcovers with the dust jacket on or off? I tend to remove them because I find them an encumbrance. Especially when reading in bed.

How times have changed! The book on the left is my mother's 1947 copy and was her cooking bible. The book on the right is my current fave. I love the two tag lines!

As a vegetarian I know parts of this will disturb me but as a "pretentious food jerk" I'm going to love it!

Just got this from the library. Love her columns in The New Yorker. Plus she uses the word 'empurple ' in the first chapter. 👍🏼

To read this book is to be humbled and have your mind and heart opened. I am reading it with tears in my eyes and both joy and pain in my soul. You cannot be unmoved by this work of beauty. Dr. O'Connell writes with deep respect and compassion for our homeless sisters and brothers.

Thanks to @JaimitaPR I found the perfect book to break my reading slump!

0hhh... I have a very bad case of RRS...Restless Reader Sundrome. I start a book..it doesn't grab me...start another...order a few..get a stack at the library. Suddenly I am surrounded by books with bookmarks at about page 80. And still yearning for the "perfect" read! Hopefully I will find comfort and sanity in a reread of my faithful companion Anna K. How does anyone else handle this 'disease'?

Today's library haul. Plans are to do dinner and movie with friends tonight but I really want to stay home and read!

I love poetry...Mary Oliver...Jane Kenyon...William Stafford...and of course Robert Frost. I even have poetry on my daily walk in the Botanical Garden at Wellesley College. #augustphotochallenge

Next!

My initial enthusiasm for this book was dulled by the amateur writing and repetitiveness. A fun and page-turning tale but the author's background as a screenwriter was overbearing. All I kept thinking was that he wrote it with 'movie options$$' in mind. Just a fun but forgettable story with lots of running, a love story that felt weirdly misogynistic and a multiverse of one-dimensional characters. Yet I couldn't stop reading!

#augustphotochallenge Here I am with Maira Kalman again. This simple little book with her spunky illustrations and Michael Pollan's "rules" inspired me to go vegan and make this cross stitch.

Oh my goddess...this book! And I have to go to work😱

I posted my unique fact yesterday but just had to share this one. I live 2 blocks from my town's amazing library so I can walk there anytime! Even in a blizzard. Maybe not so unique but so fortunate. Love libraries💜

#augustphotochallenge A peach book and a 'peachy' dog...my beloved buddy Hugo🐾❤️

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious." Albert Einstein. (page 151). This book is quite an adventure, so far!

I couldn't resist. Had to join the party on this one. I'm hooked!

I couldn't resist. Had to join the party on this one. I'm hooked!

I had to join the party! Very intriguing so far.

I had to join the party! Very intriguing so far.

I had to join the party! Very intriguing so far.

I had to join the party! Very intriguing so far.

Like @CherylDeFranceschi I enjoy leaving little random surprises for people to find. I sometimes leave a book on a park bench with a note to take and enjoy. Last year I made little fairy friends and left them on hiking trails on tree stumps or stream beds. Once I copied out lines of poetry pertaining to various foods and left them around the grocery store. Great fun for me and I hope for the discoverers. #augustphotochallenge

Another one that I read when it first came out (1986) and am re-reading now.

As the song goes "War, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing." This powerful book leaves the reader painfully aware of this truth. Using poetic language and an intense plot, Nguyen engages the intellect and the heart in this story set after the U.S. exodus from Saigon. An emotional and rewarding read with just enough satire and insightful cultural observation as well. A total experience.

Jean-Michel Basquiat left us too soon on this day in 1988.. One of my treasures is this book of his work paired with poetry by Maya Angelou. I hope they are both in a place of beauty, poetry and peace.

#augustphotochallenge. Bookish siblings...these two marvelous collections of Pablo Neruda poetry. Also beautifully illustrated.

My current stack and I just received a $200. Amazon gift card at my job! Happy Happy-Joy Joy!

#augustphotochallenge This book continues to engage, delight and amaze me. Definitely political...great satire...very insightful.

#augustphotochallenge Favorite all-time book is Anna Karenina. I always say you can learn everything you need to know about life in this book. I have owned multiple copies, read it once a year and never tire of it. As a matter of fact I think I will start re-reading it right now!

This book makes me smile...the book that launched a lifetime of loving poetry. I got it when I was 6 or 7 years old circa 1960! My pastime was to memorize as many of the poems as I could and all these years later I still have the book and can recite many of the poems. #augustphotochallenge

Best friendship book..Tom Ryan and his canine companion Atticus. Sadly, Atticus is no loner living but he will live forever in this beautiful story. @TheSpinecrackersBookClub #augustphotochallenge

Some books can go on for hundreds of pages and never 'touch' your heart. Others, like this wonderful Pulitzer Prize winner, grab the reader's heart, soul and imagination right from page 1. The language is stunning and the story is captivating. Book slump officially ended!

Because yes, I really needed to start yet another book right now!

Put me anywhere with my collection of Mary Oliver poetry and I will be happy. #augustphotochallenge

I was feeling a book slump coming on so I turned to The Fireman for help.

By page 100 this was feeling like an abusive relationship that needed to end. So I bailed. Buh-bye Eileen.

Yoga is a sport if it makes you sweat...right? #augustphotochallenge

Not supposed to read at work but I just couldn't wait!

My only goal for today was to get my Litfluence up to 300. Do I still have to go to work or can I stay home and read?