What are you reading?
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@Piano-Dad said in What are you reading?:
I have never read any of Ursula K. Le Guin, so I'm starting the Left Hand of Darkness.
I've had that one on my bedside table for a while. I read and admired The Dispossessed many years ago, and I've taught from her book on writing, Steering the Craft, but The Left Hand of Darkness is her most famous book, so I really want to read it and The Wizard of Earthsea.
Also, I've started taking Tai Chi and my teacher recommended her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, so I just grabbed the ebook.
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@Piano-Dad said in What are you reading?:
I have never read any of Ursula K. Le Guin, so I'm starting the Left Hand of Darkness.
I've had that one on my bedside table for a while. I read and admired The Dispossessed many years ago, and I've taught from her book on writing, Steering the Craft, but The Left Hand of Darkness is her most famous book, so I really want to read it and The Wizard of Earthsea.
Also, I've started taking Tai Chi and my teacher recommended her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, so I just grabbed the ebook.
@Mary-Anna Are you enjoying the tai chi? When I started, I found it both relaxing and energizing. It took all my mindfulness to figure out how to follow, which tamped down the constant chatter in my mind.
The chatter is back, but it’s generally pretty focused chatter now. We’ve been doing tai chi since January of 2024.
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@Mary-Anna Are you enjoying the tai chi? When I started, I found it both relaxing and energizing. It took all my mindfulness to figure out how to follow, which tamped down the constant chatter in my mind.
The chatter is back, but it’s generally pretty focused chatter now. We’ve been doing tai chi since January of 2024.
@AdagioM said in What are you reading?:
@Mary-Anna Are you enjoying the tai chi?
I am!
My experience with Tai Chi was near zero. I've been doing some videos that are more fitness-oriented than true to the practice, I think, which I think of as more like fitness club yoga than like the yoga you'd do at an ashram. By contrast, this class is being taught by someone who's been practicing under a master for something like twenty years. Some of his more advanced students attend the beginners class with us, and even they have studied for quite a few years. Anyway, it seems pretty authentic.
I also find it challenging to follow, not least because of my regrettable tendency to confuse left and right, and I agree that it helps tamp down the chatter in my head that never goes away. It doesn't feel all that challenging yet physically, other than to my balance, but I suspect that I'm working harder than I realize. I'm also meeting people in my new town, which is a big bonus for me.
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@AdagioM said in What are you reading?:
@Mary-Anna Are you enjoying the tai chi?
I am!
My experience with Tai Chi was near zero. I've been doing some videos that are more fitness-oriented than true to the practice, I think, which I think of as more like fitness club yoga than like the yoga you'd do at an ashram. By contrast, this class is being taught by someone who's been practicing under a master for something like twenty years. Some of his more advanced students attend the beginners class with us, and even they have studied for quite a few years. Anyway, it seems pretty authentic.
I also find it challenging to follow, not least because of my regrettable tendency to confuse left and right, and I agree that it helps tamp down the chatter in my head that never goes away. It doesn't feel all that challenging yet physically, other than to my balance, but I suspect that I'm working harder than I realize. I'm also meeting people in my new town, which is a big bonus for me.
@Mary-Anna All good things! I find that there is always something I can do better than I’ve been doing it. Now I’m concentrating on breath, and coordinating breath to movement. Also working on posture, and making all movements flow from one to another. It’s almost like dancing.
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A book recently published by a lifelong friend.
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It’s geeky but I really like it!
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Just started I Cheerfully Refuse, one of the many books I bought during the North of Boston Independent Bookstore scavenger hunt recently.
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@Mary-Anna All good things! I find that there is always something I can do better than I’ve been doing it. Now I’m concentrating on breath, and coordinating breath to movement. Also working on posture, and making all movements flow from one to another. It’s almost like dancing.
@AdagioM @Mary-Anna I tried Tai Chi several times and passed out each time. I guess it is not for me.
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@Piano-Dad said in What are you reading?:
I have never read any of Ursula K. Le Guin, so I'm starting the Left Hand of Darkness.
I've had that one on my bedside table for a while. I read and admired The Dispossessed many years ago, and I've taught from her book on writing, Steering the Craft, but The Left Hand of Darkness is her most famous book, so I really want to read it and The Wizard of Earthsea.
Also, I've started taking Tai Chi and my teacher recommended her interpretation of the Tao Te Ching, so I just grabbed the ebook.
@Mary-Anna @Piano-Dad #booksky #BannedBookSkyClub over on Blue Sky is reading The Left Hand of Darkness in June. I might use that as
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@Mary-Anna @Piano-Dad #booksky #BannedBookSkyClub over on Blue Sky is reading The Left Hand of Darkness in June. I might use that as
an excusemotivation.@rustyfingers said in What are you reading?:
@Mary-Anna @Piano-Dad #booksky #BannedBookSkyClub over on Blue Sky is reading The Left Hand of Darkness in June. I might use that as
an excusemotivation.Ooh! Good to know!
And it sounds like tai chi is not for you! I had that experience with karate, but so far tai chi is good.
