Refilling the well

This is my idea of freedom: no papers to grade, nowhere to be, and endless hours of reading.

Since Moon Sea Crossing closed at the Fringe, I've spent aimless days reading: Nick Hornby's latest, A Long Way Down; The Living Great Lakes by Jerry Dennis; an advance reading copy of The Garneau Block by Todd Babiak; an interview with James Tate in The Paris Review; postings from the AlphaSmart group on Flikr; the August issue of Vogue; current and back issues of Misunderstandings Magazine, UnderCurrents, Brick & Poetry; and, lots of blogs & websites about books and writing (most notably, Kate's Book Blog).

I had (an admittedly neurotic) thought this morning as I stood before the bookshelf in the basement: What if our house burns down before I have time to read all these books? Maybe it's time to reread Siddhartha.