Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
7/15: the sunday sweep accompanied
We have lots of wooden floorspace, and during most of the week sweeping is on an as-needed, piece-meal basis, but on Sundays I try to do a full sweep. This summer I realized that it's a perfect time to listen to whatever audiobook I happen to have going--why did it take me so long to think of that? In any case, it's made sweeping much more pleasant, and today I finished listening to Ender's Game while I tidied the floors. The book comes up in children's literature conversations, so I wanted to listen to it, and now I notice that a movie of it is coming out next year, so I'm glad I have my own mental picture of the novel's world and characters before Hollywood chooses images for me.
OK, so if I use your thinking and listen to audiobooks as I sweep - given that I have 3 black labrador retrievers whose main mission in life is to shed, I could complete WAR AND PEACE every single week!
ReplyDeleteI think it would be wonderful to live with dogs in many ways, but I don't envy you the sweeping, Barbara!
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