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May 3, 1999 Plum Island Reading: Traveling Mercies by Anne Lamott
Copyright © 1999, Janet I. Egan |
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The mystery swans finally revealed themselves. Either that or a whole 'nother flock of them arrived. Six whooper swans were swimming in the exact spot near Stage Island where I saw the mystery swans in the mist a couple weeks ago. They did not put on their knobbed masks and morph into mute swans this time. They were really there with their knobless flaming yellow black-tipped beaks and straight necks. I finished Charlton Ogburn's The Adventure of Birds and I'm having withdrawal like I'm missing a friend. I can't believe it took me a month to read it but it was a month well spent. It's just chock full of personal observations, scientific data, lyrical passages, philosophy, and some really good writing. In fact, I missed Ogburn so much, I got my copy of The Winter Beach off the shelf and reread my favorite passages. I just started Traveling Mercies, which Charla sent me for my birthday, and I'm almost halfway through it. I am fascinated by other people's experiences of religious faith, and Anne Lamott writes about hers with humor and clarity The wind is out of the northeast and clouds have been moving in looking like they want to stay for awhile. |
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