Comments on: Yes, it’s that book meme

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:25:34 +0000

Poisonwood Bible was one of my very favorite books. I also liked Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, but it’s quite a different genre!

By: henitsirk

henitsirk — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:06:11 +0000

URD: Yes, the same. This book is quite funny, in between the parts about nutrition and feedlots and such. I haven’t read any of her fiction, though it has been recommended to me several times. Perhaps a trip to the library is in order!

By: (un)relaxeddad

(un)relaxeddad — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:02:59 +0000

Is that the Barbara Kingsolver of the Poisonwood Bible? (Yes, I could go and look it up but that wouldn’t be much of a conversation, would it?) I did love that book. So she’s written a whole book on food? I’ll have to check it out.

By: henitsirk

henitsirk — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:21:26 +0000

SusieJ: I just love the Miss Bianca books — I’ve always had a thing for mice. For some reason (can you say “live-action movie”?) it is hard to find the original ones now.

Helen: I’ll be waiting for your version! Plus, of course, your take on Murakami.

Sarah: If you have time and the desire, please do join our study group! We’re just still on chapter one, so we haven’t gotten into the real meat of it yet.

I see that with my kids as well, though not with violence as much as any TV or computer images. They remember things they saw on the TV at Nana’s house from last May! It obviously deeply penetrates them, far beyond their normal memory capacities.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:19:39 +0000

OK. So, I went and read through the study group and have decided that I must pull Theosophy off my shelf and read it. N read it with a study group while I did “Higher Worlds.” Some of the paragraphs toward the end about the relationships of emotion and thinking and the relationship to spirit and actions gives me greater insight into why my girls are doing what they are in school.

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:05:33 +0000

The same thing happened to me when I did the book meme. The children’s book was way more beautifully written. Regarding the Steiner quote–it’s out of context, so I’m not sure that this is right (LOL-isn’t that the caveat one ALWAYS gives when discussing Steiner?) but I think about this when the kids want to see a movie with particularly violent imagery–that their spiritual being would be seeing it as well and it just isn’t necessary. Does this make any sense?

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:00:25 +0000

I love “the country of spirit beings”. I know very little about Steiner so I don’t know what exactly he means by this. The words are conjuring up amazing ideas.

I might do this tomorrow if I’m back on Planet Sanity.

By: susiej

susiej — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:16:08 +0000

Yes! Very good snippet, I was engaged.