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Learning:
The Journey of a Lifetime
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A Cloud Chamber on the Mind

Friday May 16, 2008 7:30 am Edmonton, Alberta

This page last updated on: Saturday, May 17, 2008 9:01 AM

It is +15 C with a high forecast of +24 C. Sunrise 5:31 Sunset 21:29 Hours of daylight: 15:58

A. Morning Musings

Mmm. I slept like a baby. I now have a fresh cuppa beside me and am looking forward to the day.

One immediate plus is that I will not be able to do any long-term activities. That leaves general visiting activities and perhaps a little recreational Learning.

B. Actual Learning Activities

3:00 PM

I am back from a visit to Greenwoods' Bookstore, my favorite shop in Edmonton. This time I focused on fiction. Here are the 7 titles, based in the order that I selected them:

• The Aeneid. (2006). Virgil. Translated by Robert Eagles.
  • This is another of the classics that I have never read. A new translation is motivation enough to give this a first read.
• The Tao of Writing: Imagine. Create. Flow. (2006). Ralph L. Wahlstrom.
  • I think there are some suggestions in this book about journal writing.
• The Outlander. (2007). Gil Adamson.
  • This was one of two books that I bought that had a "Greenwoods' Bookshoppe Staff Choice" sticker on it.
• The Cheese Monkeys. (2001). Chip Kidd.
  • This is a book that plays with typography and page layout as well as with words.
• The Penguin Book of Canadian Short Stories. (2007). Selected by Jane Urquhart.
  • I checked the index and it included "The Painted Door" by Sinclair Ross. An excellent reason to see the other stories that Urquhart has selected, stories that "have gone into me".
• House of Leaves. (2000). Mark Z. Danielewski.
  • This was the second book that had a "Greenwoods' Bookshoppe Staff Choice" sticker on it. This also utilizes a variety of page layouts.
• The Age of Shiva. (2007). Manil Suri.
  • This is about India at the time of the partition, a topic that intriqued me while reading "The City of Djinns" by Dalrymple a few weeks ago.
• And God Created Manyberries. (2007). Ron Wood.
  • Manyberries is an important part of my family history. 'Nough said.