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ceitfiannaAs I finish up this first Monday without classes, I find myself feeling happier and a little tired. My sleep schedule is still not quite right but that can be fixed.
I recently read a book that has inspired me and combined with some wonderful conversations at work, life is feeling terribly hopeful at the moment.
The book is called A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler and its the story of how it came to be written is wonderful. The author Jason Roberts was researching another book and taking a break, he picked up a beautiful book about travelers and found something about the Blind Traveler, James Holman. He went looking for books about Holman and couldn't find any so he wrote one. This beginning made me grin as its all that I adore about browsing in a library or bookstore, you find something unexpected. I picked up this book on sale at Borders as I'm trying to read more nonfiction and it sounded fascinating.
I loved this book, as the author has a gift for calling up place and Holman's own writing is beautiful as is his story. There are discussions of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era, travel, the Naval Knights of Windsor, medicine, the dangerous world of publishing and travel in the 1820s and what happens when archives are given to the wrong people. Holman created an epigram that became his motto and I'm going to quote it here as its how I'd like to approach the world. On the author's website, the e-text of one of Holman's books is there and I'm going to see about finding them. An amazing thing about Holman was because he wasn't rich, he didn't do grand travels, most of his travels were done on foot or horseback or mule or sledge. I hope more people read this book as I want to talk about it with everyone.
Some difficulties meet, full many,
I find them not, nor seek for any.
I just came back from a shopping trip where I picked up a wrap dress as I've been needing a new dress for a while and some jeans. A couple of weeks ago I went shopping and came home ready to cry as I felt fat and unhappy with how I looked.
Today when I went to the mall, I said, I'm going to dress the body I have. As I have more time and less stress, I'm going to work out and keep doing my best to eat well but I'm beautiful now. Thus I found a lovely heathery brown wrap dress that makes me feel pretty and jeans that work and also make me feel good.
In strange job things, last month before I went full into grant writing, I was getting set to print off and send my job application for the Kentucky job. For some reason my printer didn't like my resume, so even though I'd emailed all my stuff, I hadn't mailed it. I had to focus on work and was finally able to try printing it again, the resume went through on the first run. That is now sent and I can prepare for the next round of job applications. I put a note in apologizing for the delay and understanding if they don't consider me, but I wanted to make sure they got all my stuff.
At the moment I'm rereading Pamela Dean's Tam Lin and this book is such a touchstone for me. Life is good and I have lots of things to write and hopefully soon a few of them to share.
I recently read a book that has inspired me and combined with some wonderful conversations at work, life is feeling terribly hopeful at the moment.
The book is called A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler and its the story of how it came to be written is wonderful. The author Jason Roberts was researching another book and taking a break, he picked up a beautiful book about travelers and found something about the Blind Traveler, James Holman. He went looking for books about Holman and couldn't find any so he wrote one. This beginning made me grin as its all that I adore about browsing in a library or bookstore, you find something unexpected. I picked up this book on sale at Borders as I'm trying to read more nonfiction and it sounded fascinating.
I loved this book, as the author has a gift for calling up place and Holman's own writing is beautiful as is his story. There are discussions of the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era, travel, the Naval Knights of Windsor, medicine, the dangerous world of publishing and travel in the 1820s and what happens when archives are given to the wrong people. Holman created an epigram that became his motto and I'm going to quote it here as its how I'd like to approach the world. On the author's website, the e-text of one of Holman's books is there and I'm going to see about finding them. An amazing thing about Holman was because he wasn't rich, he didn't do grand travels, most of his travels were done on foot or horseback or mule or sledge. I hope more people read this book as I want to talk about it with everyone.
Some difficulties meet, full many,
I find them not, nor seek for any.
I just came back from a shopping trip where I picked up a wrap dress as I've been needing a new dress for a while and some jeans. A couple of weeks ago I went shopping and came home ready to cry as I felt fat and unhappy with how I looked.
Today when I went to the mall, I said, I'm going to dress the body I have. As I have more time and less stress, I'm going to work out and keep doing my best to eat well but I'm beautiful now. Thus I found a lovely heathery brown wrap dress that makes me feel pretty and jeans that work and also make me feel good.
In strange job things, last month before I went full into grant writing, I was getting set to print off and send my job application for the Kentucky job. For some reason my printer didn't like my resume, so even though I'd emailed all my stuff, I hadn't mailed it. I had to focus on work and was finally able to try printing it again, the resume went through on the first run. That is now sent and I can prepare for the next round of job applications. I put a note in apologizing for the delay and understanding if they don't consider me, but I wanted to make sure they got all my stuff.
At the moment I'm rereading Pamela Dean's Tam Lin and this book is such a touchstone for me. Life is good and I have lots of things to write and hopefully soon a few of them to share.
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Date: 2011-08-10 05:29 am (UTC)Today when I went to the mall, I said, I'm going to dress the body I have. As I have more time and less stress, I'm going to work out and keep doing my best to eat well but I'm beautiful now.
This is great too hear! Do you watch "What Not To Wear"? (if not, you should - it is so fun and you always leave with a good feeling!) Stacey and Clinton like to say, "Don't dress the body you want, dress the body you have." I am so happy to hear you are feeling good about yourself. I've struggled with that myself, but these days I just try to stay healthy and strong and don't worry about the rest. And I love wrap-dresses! I just bought a new shirt online (which I don't usually do, because you never know about sizes) but I went looking for a cami for under a shirt I already have and I came across this stripped top that has this belt and kind of has this wrap-look to it - we'll see how it fits when it gets here.
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Date: 2011-08-10 05:33 am (UTC)I used to watch What Not to Wear but stopped at some point. Actually a wonderful friend who worked with my mother first told me dress the body you have and I'm trying to remind myself of it. Grad school was hard on my body so I'm working to be gentle with myself as I look for a job.
I actually spotted this dress online and then they had it in the store which made me happy. Since online shopping can be tricky.
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Date: 2011-08-12 08:07 pm (UTC)The online clothes came and they all look great, but the scoop-necks keep showing my bra straps. The lacey top with the belt turned out to be the best purchase of the whole deal and I almost didn't even get it!