LOST When we are overwhelmed and confused, our brains barely function. We reach for the old maps, the routine responses, what worked in the past. This is a predictable response, yet also suicidal. If we keep grasping for things to look familiar, if we frantically try and fit new problems and situations into old ways [...]
Now I understand. …Despite being surrounded on all sides—as if held hostage—by books, the last thing I’ve wanted to do for the past weeks (months, even, if I’m honest) is read. This is not a confession, just a fact: I can’t read. Or read, at least, with any pretense of endurance. As much as I [...]
So, apart from the Australian Women Writers 2012 Challenge, I’ve just gone and signed up for a classics challenge. It sounds simple – read seven classics over 2012, and blog about these. To make things more interesting, the challenger will post a reading prompt on her blog on the 4th of every month, which “will [...]