I like Seattle. It feels so small and livable. Today Renee and took a walk around the Sculpture Park. Fantastic! This is the best form of public art. You can mix walking with sightseeing and see a mix of contemporary sculptures.
On our way home we stopped at a Japanese-American owned fish market. It felt very pacific to me. The place was packed and the fish looked fresh and amazing. We got a big salmon and a few dozen oysters. They also had a lot of cool ingredients and noodle packs that I wish someone sold near me in Chicago.
Many years ago I had the good fortune to go on a bike tour in the San Juan islands with my good friend Deb. I picked up this book that I read (part of) many years ago called "The Living" by Annie Dillard. This book had such an effect on me. Sounds dumb since I did not finish the book. But I quit reading it because it was too painful. It was about various phases of settling the pacific northwest. It is called "The Living" because so many people die. Settling the West was not an easy life. Perhaps even less easy on the people who were already here.
In other news, I have never felt a greater need for Jon Stewart in my life. This election is going to continue to be a source of amazing revelations and moments. Without "The Daily Show" I am lost.
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3 comments:
Another book about settling in Washington (state) is "The Egg and I" by Betty MacDonald. Light hearted but serious at heart. A rather urban woman from the East settles on the Olympic Peninsula and tries to raise chickens. Delightful.
Amanda,
Hope you are reading Don's comment. Sounds like someone wrote a book about you.
Yes, but Betty McDonald wrote an even better book called Onions in the Stew about living on Vashon Island. It was not made into a movie, but she is one of my all time heroes. Her Mrs. Piggle Wiggle Books rock.
Amanda
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