Book Readings

Today I tried to call about an apartment after the fiasco at the house with Sierra, who does her own psychic shit or knows people who do basically.

I got a few other things done and have a lawyer to call. I am waiting on legal help with the custody situation and on notice from courts for other things.

So I decided to get something dnoe that was sort of fun and do a book thing again.

I took a Bible first and it was a different one and only New Testament but I didn't know it at the time. So I opened up to 3 passages, about suffering and not hiding a light: Romans 8:18, Luke 8:16, and Collossians 1:24. I also was curious about the Hope diamond so I looked it up and thought, "It looks like Diana's ring!" I don't recall seeing it before and it wasn't in the illustration last night so I looked it up on wiki. Sort of a cool history, with the French Rev. & everything. But with the way the diamonds are around it, and how it is oval, the first thing it made me think of was Diana's engagement ring.

Someone had the table covered with books and moved them away except for a parks book and a wedding cake book. SO for fun I'll see what I get with what's here first.

1. National Parks of the American West.
pg. ? lost it but got 29 Palms Inn
2. Woodall's Western Campground Directory
pg. 427. The Lone Star State
3. Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes
pg. 134 & 135. NO. 67 and No. 68 cake. Cute actually. A button cake and freesia cakes.
will try for 2 more pages. pg. 55, the Matelasse cake. hmm. how many cakes are by Ron Beth-Israel? It's the second one I got. pg. 152, The Rose Garden cake. Very pretty colors. Done with the cakes. I'm not getting married!

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I have a feeling I got a weird mish-mash today. It's better not to tell when you're about to do it so it's not jinxed. I felt last night the energy was very good with doing this and today, sort of mixed but we'll see.

Anyway, I very first one I got I paid attention to, and the last and the others are mixed in order of selection. I started with classics first and got "The Optimist's Daughter" by Eudora Welty. Then I almost saw it but didn't look and picked out "Good Kids, Bad Habits".

1. The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
pg.77, "that's the meats. you can just throw the shells away for me," he added, handing her the sack. (about nuts)

2. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
pg. 183, "there's a saying I remember from my grandmother: one today is worth two tomorrows."

3. Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals, and Recipes for Living by Kofi Moyo.
pg. 67, "...The pork chop or piece of beef roast from the previous night's dinner would be cut up with onions, garlic, and peppers and sacuced with a roux to become the hash of the day."

4. Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans by Don Gulbrandsen
pg. 187, "A Karoke woman preparing food."

5. The Walking Drum, Louis L'Amour
pg. 231 "the cour now? is it the large building by the stream?"

6. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess.
pg. 20. "I do not like them in a house. I do not like them with a mouse. I do not like them here or there. I do not like them anywhere. I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-am."

7. The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee.
pg. 153. The life of soulish believers..."The soul varies inevitably from person to person. It cannot be stereotyped. Each of us has his particular individuality--a uniqueness which will extend on into eternity."

8. The Rite: The Making Of A Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio.
pg. 157. "in order to prove that she wasn't imagining everything, Father Bagmonte brought ina plastic shopping bag with an object sealed inside."

9. Like Gold Refined, by Janette Oke.
pg. 123. "Most people do." Jenny shrugged. "Well, I'm not most people. Or had you forgotten?"

10. Raising Money-Smart Kids by Ron and Judy Blue
pg. 44, "The third implication of believing that God owns it all is that stewardship cannot be faked. Your checkbook tells how you chose to use God's resources. Your checkbook reveals the priorities in your life."

11. Mindfulness in Plain English, by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
pg. 87, "they are not prayers and they are not mantras. They are not magical incantations. They are psychological cleansing devices that require active mental participation in order to be effective."

12. Comet by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan.
pg. 287, "Premonition. The consequences of a collision with a small earth-crossing asteroid are unimaginable; the repercussions would be felt the world over."

13. Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann & Elizabeth Kann
pg. ? "Soon I was surrounded by bees, butterflies, and birds. "Mommy," I cried, "Please take me home!"

14. Naughty Crosswords by Nervecom presents.
pg.74, Puzzle 32. "Am I Normal? Probably So, If You Followed This Path."

15. Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff.
pg. 244. "Sarge!" On his knees, Ressk leaned out over the hole. "Keep it tight to the wall! Your body's out too far! Your shoulder's going to...Fuk!" Fortunately, the shock slammed him forward not back. The rope went slack as one of the sergeant's hand slapped up and over the edge, fingers scrambling for puchase, nails scraping along the rock as he began to slide. Werst grabbed for him and caught the cuff of his combats."

16. Protecting Your Teen From Today's Witchcraft by Steve Russo.
pg. 83, "Witchcraft. The very world stirs deep emotions, visions of mysterious rites done in the dark of night, and thoughts of ancient secrets of the occult."

17. El Arroyo de la Llorona y Otros Cuentos by Sandra Cisneros.
pg. 144, "Hijole! Ahi va tu soda. Ves Mira nomas. Mama, ven por tu chiquilla. Mirala ahora, anda descalza y podria cortarse. Asi que te toca trapearlo, eh?"

18. Beyond Good & Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
pg.12, "What provokes one to look at all philosophers half suspiciously, half mockingly, is not that one discovers again and again how innocent they are--how often and how easily they make mistakes and go astray; in short, their childishness and childlikeness--but that they are not honest enough in their work, although they all make a lot of virtuous noise when the problem of truthfulness is touched even remotely."

19. Birds of Florida Field Guide, Tekiela.
pg. 43 Red Bellied Woodpecker

20. Katherine Heburn Once Said, by Susan Crimp
pg. no number. Got a photo of katherine with peter o'toole in, is it 'the lion in winter?' There is a photo of a cup inbetween them...aha! the grail! They're sitting at a table together.

21. Bear Grylls: The Kid Who Climbed Everest
pg. 120. "Only 100 feet below Camp One, the route through the ice had crumbled. The ground had opened up during the night and swalloped the ropes; the remains of these hung like threads above the gaping chasms that seemed to disappear into the darkness below. There was no way we could cross these crevasses. We would have to find a new route through, but that would take time; precious time that at this height in the Icefall we didn't have."

22. The Healthy Kitchen by Rosie Daley
pg. 94, "simple marinated chicken salad"

23. 100 Decorative Condensed Alphabets by Dan X. Solo
pg. 37, "Garnet Gothic"

24. Cooking Light Super Fast Suppers: Speedy Solutions for Dinner Dilemmas
pg. 220, "Roasted Asparagus on Parmesan Polenta with Roasted Pesto Tomatoes"

25. Complete MBA for Dummies by Kathleen Allen and Peter Economy
pg. 75, "The Blue Ocean Stategy. Take a moment to think back to your childhood. If we say the word "circus", what comes to mind? For most people, it's a vision of elephants, clowns, and acrobats; sawdust on the floor; and vendors hawking cotton candy and popcorn during the show. If you love the circus and want to create a company to compete in that space, Ringling Bros. is pretty stiff competition--it's the 800 pound gorilla in the market!"

26. Taming Bipolar Disorder by Lori Oliwenstein
pg. 196, "if there's any part of your disorder which you can--and should--take an extremely active role, it's in trying to prevent relapses from occuring."
(funny to pick this out, like the alzheimers one yesterday but educational. actually, i am just starting to almost come back to feeling halfway normal lately. Not completely, but like I'm not drugged anymore and my focus is back bc of it--i've sent out many more requests and streamlined things better, even with limitations in the structure here).

27. Rebuilding When Your Relationship Ends by Bruce Fisher and Robert Alberti
pg.134, "13. I am no longer angry at my former love partner."
(speak for yourself book! just kidding)

28. It Endures Like The Wasatch Mountains by Donna Glidewell
pg. 124, "As the year closes, you will look back with smile or a sigh on the details of paragraph one--the What."

29. The RealAge Guide To Raising Healthy Children: Good Kids Bad Habits by Jennifer Trachenberg.
pg. 176, Ch. 6. Chin Up: Routines that build up your Child's Self-Esteem