I’m home from church now, and eager to begin a post. Isn’t that funny about blogging, how it comes and goes? At least that is the way it is for me…I have added a new header because why not? And this one is so inviting, as if I could sit by that window and read forever.
The Classic Club has revealed the number for Spin 38, and the number is 17. So, I will eagerly embark on this reread:
I have been wanting to reread it for so long! My father was a cattleman with the Chicago Stockyards before it closed in 1971. I know the stories of cowboys well, and these resonate beautifully within my heart.
Did you participate in The Classics Club this time around? Are you taking lovely walks to clear your head? Have you opened a book you particularly enjoy?
I’m finishing Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell, to wrap up Paris in July 2024 and get a book in for ReadingOrwell2024. It’s nice when it works out that way…
May your week be blessed,
Bellezza
I don't read many classics, but I have been trying. I hope you enjoy the Lonesome Dove. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI have a passion for the classics, but not everyone does. Lonesome Dove was well loved by me in 2006; I hope that still holds for this time around.
DeleteWhen I am not swimming, I am riding my bike. (Summer's hot here...generally too hot for walking, though I like to walk to church most Sundays.)
ReplyDeleteLonesome Dove is one of my all-time favorite reads, even though it's not a book I ever would have thought that I liked before I picked it up. I do hope you enjoy it.
I think Western books have a way of surprising us…have you read Owen Wister’s The Virginian? It is fabulous! Well, if you liked Lonesome Dove, especially.
DeleteA lovely picture. The only exercise I do is the school run. It equals up to an hour a day so it's an acceptable amount, but it's not always the best views 😂
ReplyDeleteI'm not a great classics reader. I like the idea of reading them but it can be tough. I do however like Jane Eyre.
Have a great rest of the weekend!
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I remember doing a 3k run when I taught. My feet have had several surgeries, and are not terribly strong, which is why swimming works better for me. It takes the pressure off my feet, while still allowing the heart rate to accelerate. Otherwise, I may as well just sit and read!
DeleteUgh, I'm sitting here getting fatter by the minute waiting for weather that is cool enough to walk or ride my bike again.
ReplyDeleteI would love a room exactly like the one in your header!
That path around the lake is beautiful.
Hot weather is the worst! For me, anyway. I much prefer Winter, which is not a popular viewpoint from those who live in Illinois. Thanks for enjoying the path with me, from afar.
DeleteGood evening to you. The summer months here are just too hot to walk or run during the day. This afternoon here in Tampa with the heat index it was 106F, so swimming is the the preferred outdoor activity. Your walking path looks very inviting though! I've never read Lonesome Dove nor have I seen the television production. I've read some Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour. Let me know how you liked your re-read and I may read it myself. Have yourself a lovely upcoming week my friend.
ReplyDeleteI can’t recommend Lonesome Dove highly enough, Dean. I will post snippets and thoughts as I read so you will see if it intrigues you. I know well of the Floridian heat and humidity; we would visit my grandparents in Naples, when it was still filled with the darling fishermen cottages instead of mansions, and go ourselves in the 90s and 00s. It makes my curly hair fuzzy, and my spirit crabby!! So, being at the sea is the best. God bless your week, as well.
DeleteI love being outside too and spend many hours walking when it’s not too hot. I’m not really a classics reader but maybe this should be a challenge for me in 2025? Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteAh, the classics rarely disappoint. But, I do need to take a break from time to time for a thriller in between!
DeleteYour header looks as if it’s in Paris (or did you say where it is and I missed that?) — really dreamy. I think “Dreaming of Paris” is a big part of Paris in July. Though Orwell’s Paris is more of a nightmare!
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I am currently reading Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris; perhaps it is that to which you refer? He certainly gives us a bleak picture, which I suppose is always the case when one is poor or suffering under poverty. It’s really opening my eyes!
DeleteI love your header! And the photo of the forst road too. Loved Down and Out in Paris and London and was pleased my son wanted to read along with us.
ReplyDeleteOh, reading with one’s son is the best! My son and I have shared countless books from when he was young, but now so much now that he is grown. Still, one of our favorite evenings is to go to a book shop together, such as we did when he was small. So happy for you and your son.
DeleteI love it when one book meets the requirements for two different reading projects, like your Orwell book.
ReplyDeleteSomehow, it feels like a deal, doesn’t it? ☺️
DeleteWhen I'm not walking, I'm either hiking or doing yoga. Our weather is still very mild. We may hit 60 this afternoon. Yay!
ReplyDeleteI loved Lonesome Dove when I listened to it last summer. Hope it's as good the second time around for you.
Love your new header!
I think it was seeing Lonesome Dove on your blog that put me I mind of reading it again. The last time I read it was 2006, the year I started this blog. Wow, a long time ago! I know we both love reading, hiking, swimming, kayaking…it’s a good life.
DeleteLovely post. I do agree, blogging comes and goes. What a beautiful place to walk. I do need encouragement to resume more walking too. It's so hard to do when the weather is so insanely hot, but enough excuses, I should be able to walk some in the evening, when the sun goes down! Like you, this new CC spin motivated me to dust off my classics list, count it as completed, and start a second one. Your 2nd list is nothing but gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWalking is not the best for me, as my feet have had so many surgeries…perhaps too many years standing on them teaching? Whatever the reason, I don’t like being out in the heat, either. I’m so glad you like my list for the classics, and dusted one off. Remember when we read Moby Dick? That was so much fun!
DeleteLove your header pic. Looks like the perfect place to read for hours. I don't really read classics, but I've been thinking of reading some mystery classics. They sound so good. I hope you have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI love mysteries, too, and have just discovered a famous, and well-loved writer, John D. MacDonald. He was born in 1916, died in 1986, and wrote the series on Travis McGee. I just read the first one, which is very good, and now I know where Robert B. Parker got much of his style.
DeleteLove your header and the picture with the trees! So beautiful! It would be a lovely place to walk. Sounds like your father had an interesting history. I'm intrigued by the cowboy way of life. Hope you enjoy your classics and have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteIt seems that the cowboy way of life has completely disappeared from Northern Illinois, in which I live. The Chicago Stockyards brought lots of their stories to the farm land which once existed here, and is now covered by buildings and stores. What did Joni Mitchell sing…”paved paradise and put up a parking lot”? That is true for here. Anyways, I highly recommend Lonesome Dove, which I read once before, if you should ever pick it up.
DeleteI'm glad you spun a book that has such fond memories attached to it. And delighted that you have found an Orwell that completes two challenges with one book :-)
ReplyDeleteWe moved recently from inner city Sydney to the Blue Mountains (only an hour and half away but it feels like another world!) I'm loving exploring our new neighbourhood with long brisk walks every morning (it's much colder up here). At the moment I'm exploring the streets and laneways in the village, but will eventually move onto some of the bushwalks and exploring the other villages nearby.
Brona, if it wasn’t for you, I would not have picked up a book by George Orwell. I mean, I haven’t in all my years, and that is quite a travesty! I will write about Down and Out in Paris and London, have you ever read it? And then, I will pick up 1984 and Animal Farm. Thanks for your challenge!
DeleteWalking is the best way to discover one’s surroundings. I remember walking all over Tokyo, and we found alleys and shops and surprising places we never would have seen from a car. I’m so happy you’re exploring your villages!
What a pretty path to walk along there. When I'm not walking my dogs, my husband and I enjoy bicycling over hill and dale. I have not read Lonesome Dove .... I think I have been saving it for many many years to read at just the right time ... as I know I will love it. You might be the one to give me the nudge now to do so this fall. Yea. Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteOh, bicycling is a favorite “sport” of mine, too. My feet are quite troublesome, since birth, and it is better for me to cycle or swim, although I do walk when nothing else is available. As for Lonesome Dove…I read it the first time in 2006, when I began my blog, and reading it again right now only proves its immense power. I am loving it all over again! I hope you do, too.
DeleteM, I love the new header - makes me want to grab a book and just sink into it. And, that path you walk is just lovely. That lush green is magical. Blogging does come and go, doesn't it. I love that you are rereading a book that holds a special place in your heart - that is the best! I'm still trying to get through the new Murakami. Perhaps, I need to reread an old favorite. Wishing you a lovely weekend! xx
ReplyDeleteLonesome Dove is not a book I've heard of before! Now I'm curious.
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