It's unusual for me to be unable to fall asleep. Normally, I'm out before my proverbial head hits the pillow, but tonight sleep evades me. So here I am at 12:33 on a Friday night. I finished reading John Irving's latest book: Last Night In Twisted River a few minutes ago. It was quite interesting. Not as powerful as A Prayer For Owen Meany but complex and beautifully written. I taught APFOM right before I retired; I consider it my swan song. Nobody can foreshadow like John Irving can; sometimes subtle and sometimes not so much, and when the pieces come together, I sit back amazed -- it's like looking at an intricate quilt or a Rube Goldberg game. You know -- the ones that are cause and effect dominated? The ball runs down a shoot that causes a trap door to close and a bucket tips over, and so on.... Damn, I wish I could write like that.
Well now it's almost 1:00 AM. I think I'll try sleep again.
About Me
- KathyA
- I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
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