Excuses, Excuses......

Okay, one would think that for someone who in her youth, could plow through practically a book a day, that 26 books in a year would be nothing.

NOT!!!!!!

First of all, it took forever for me to settle on a book to start with! Me, with so many books in my now smaller space, me with so many books in this smaller space that I have yet to read! It is a testament to how tenative I have become -- even to the point of being unable to commit to a single book! Not a good thing!

Anyway, I finally decided on The Enlightened Heart - An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, Edited by Stephen Mitchell. Frankly it seemed a good bet -- it is small, only 171 pages with biographical notes, bibliographical notes, translator notes and acknowledgments! I figured I could breeze through it.

NOT!!!!

One, I find that, unlike my younger days, when I had all the time in the world to loose myself in words, these days that time must be stolen from the rest of my life. It's proving to be a thieving I'm not good at!

Second, unlike my younger days, the distractions of other amusements is greater by far that when I was young and TV channels totaled 5 at best!

I must confess -- part of the issue is that I am addicted to the Harvest Moon Gameboy game! I'm not sure why -- perhaps it is the relatively straight-line process of reaching goals that the game provides. A very different experience from real life! But playing it has been eating up time for reading -- and there is the crux of the matter!

But game obsessions is whole other issue! Let's stay focused on the book. I'm finding poetry to be a much more challenging read than I had imagined. Horrors! -- it actually tends to make you pause and think! I'm also being introduced to poets I have never heard of, or writers I never knew were poets -- and that is a very good thing!

With all the distractions, I am moving ahead. I'm 2/3s of the way through, so hopefully I will be ready to post my reflections on this book very soon!