Getting ready for a weekend in the country used to mean packing my car with auction finds. Now that I am closing the store it doesn't seem smart to put more things in when I am trying to get everything out.
I am looking forward to the day the store is closed and I have time to do other things on my weekends in the country.
Today I will go straight to the house, sit outside and read. Late spring is my favorite time of year--it stays light past 8:30 now.
I'm taking along a book called The Garden of Reading. I thought it was a collection of short nonfiction pieces, but it's stories by a wonderful array of authors as diverse as Colette, Eudora Welty and Stephen King.
I have been re-reading books for something I'm working on, and highly recommend these memoirs by smart, strong, interesting women: The Road From Coorain, by Jill Ker Conway; West With the Night, by Beryl Markham; Out of Africa, by Isak Dinensen; and We Took to the Woods, by Louise Dickinson Rich. Enjoy your weekend!
Jen
Hello Jen:
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful, a weekend of books! We do sincerely hope that you will not have too many interruptions in the way of shopping to be done, meals to be got, and general household duties.
One little trip to the store; my husband cooks anything more complicated than grilled cheese, and we cleaned last time we were here, so I'm all set to relax when I'm not in the store. In fact I just took a catnap in the hammock!
DeleteI just read We Took to the Woods and enjoyed it very much. I am excited to find the other books you mentioned. Thanks for sharing them. I love your photos!
ReplyDeleteThat is one of my all-time favorite books. So much that my husband got me a first edition one year for my birthday.
DeleteThe only one I've read is Out of Africa, but I'm going to try and find the others.
ReplyDeleteIs that decoupage on burl wood? Beautiful!
They are painted on wood!
DeleteEnjoy your weekend in the country Jen!
ReplyDeleteLieve groet,
Madelief x
Have a lovely weekend Jen, whatever you do.X
ReplyDeleteLovely sounding weekend. Do you think I could close my garden and just read all Sunday?
ReplyDeleteI'd be in (weedy)header.
love, jane
You have to prioritze--reading over weeding for me!
DeleteJen,
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful, relaxing weekend you've got planned! Hope it's as enjoyable for you as it sounds!
Rebecca
I think I lost my comment. I was saying that years ago I read Road from Coorain and We Took to the Woods. And recall that the shooting of the black cat in the woodpile bothered me. And isn't it odd how we recall bits and pieces of what we read that cause an emotional reaction. And I recommended Daisy Bates in the Desert. Have a good read.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like the perfect book for sitting with on the porch with a glass of lemonade, watching the birds and listening to your waterfall... enjoy!!
ReplyDeleteYou spend your time very efficiently. I read slowly , though it is quite fullfiled moments. I like the pictures on the sliced woods.
ReplyDeleteThe Garden of Reading sounds very enticing, must look that up. Love those paintings on tree trunks, some people are just so clever.
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