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Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:55 AM
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| Literature | Begin morning with a Rumi reading | |
| Literature | Complete reading "Bad Land" by Jonathan Rabin | 1 hr |
I had morning tea with two special friends in Lismore. They were our next door neighbours a few years ago when we lived On Leycester Street in Lismore for 6 months. It is always nice to visit with them and bring ourselves up to date with what has been happening since we last met. They were both looking good and were in fine spirits. An excellent way to begin the day.
Today was also a nice combination of completing a few chores as well as finishing "Bad Land". This book had a very special resonance with me as I recognized my grandfather and his stories of the homestead in south-eastern Alberta on almost every page. Jonathan Rabin is a superb writer. I have now read two of his travel books (the other was Passage to Juneau) and will always remember them both.
The chores were also satisfying. I was able to find a chemist and purchase some specific gifts to bring back to Lethbridge. At first I was not at all confident of finding them as the first clerk I talked with said that they may have been a special item only available at Christmas. And I found a few more crossword magazines that are only available in Australia.
Then I was able to buy a set of three pottery soup bowls as well as three more coffee mugs to go with the one that I now use for my first coffee of the day in Lethbridge. I hope to give the bowls a real workout as I am motivated to return to my interest in making hearty soups. The last few days have been a delight with some real delicious rib-sticking soups with dumplings on top. This will be a good meal when we get back to camping. The pottery is already wrapped for travel back to Canada but I will add a couple of photos of them - hopefully with soup in them - as soon as I am home.
Here are two photos of the dark clouds over Lennox Head:
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I bought this book at noahs Arc in Lismore. I am always amazed at the strange connections that occur in life. Imagine finding a book in Australia on Montana and that this book turns out to be a carbon copy of the stories my grandfather told me about homesteading in southern Alberta at the same time as Rabin's description of Montana takes place.
Rabin is a superb author who is unusually perceptive in noticing the small details that make all the difference in a story. I could hardly put the book down.
I am now motivated to do a trip to both the area around Manyberries and Orion in south eastern Alberta as well as make a trip to the area of eastern Montana that Rabin describes.
I would rate it as 5 out of 5.
Tags: travel, history, Montana
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