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June is a month of infinite surprises
(i was born in the middle of it)
there will be highs and lows on all fronts
(we make the most of it)
and if we are mindful of possibility
(we feel ourselves growing in it)

Sweet greetings from Haarlem, where i have been growing into my role as Peace Dancer.
To dance in front of the statue of Anne Frank was the culmination of my connection with her.
People have been very receptive. On Tuesay I go to Berlin. We'll see how it goes there.
Before then i must finish reading The Assistant which is indeed a great book.

I know of 3 people sharing a birthday on the 12th.
Currently switching back to the millennium series, now 7 books - Girl with ,,,,,,,,, attitude !

The 12th will be a busy day for you, Ice. That's a lot of birthdays to be celebrating.
I haven't read any of the Millennium series.

Magdelanye, happy travelling to Berlin! Keep having a marvelous time.

I finished 2 books over the past couple of days:
Birdcall Morning, which was surprisingly one-dimensional and blah.
Gods of Jade and Shadow, which was an enjoyable story of finding oneself and one's dreams, mixed in with Mayan mythology.

Thanks for good wishes:
I had the best birthday here in Gdansk Poland. Berlin, as i experienced it is not such a happy place. I could not wait to leave. For all my reading about it, I was not prepared for the tensions that still divide the city. It is a plastic place with some great people of course but mostly people wearing plastic clothes and plastic smiles and suspicious frowns.By the last few days i could not stop crying and my legs felt like concrete. Not a lot of dancing for this peace dancer there.
Poland is better already.
I have been reading the same book for a week

I hear you on Berlin. I was only there for a few days, with my cousin, many years ago. It was so big that I never got a good feel for it at all. Can't say I noticed plastic smiles but I don't recall the people (except those I was with). Just lots of buildings, rubble piles along the streets (it was just a few years since the wall came down; renovations were everywhere) and lots of busy streets. It was disorientating.

I finished reading Mary Barton, as a group read here on GR. It was a really good story and I liked the reading format of a chapter a day for two days, then a day of rest or catch-up.

I'm currently reading The Famished Road. I'm enjoying the writing. It's mystical and magical. However, I'm not sure yet where the story is going. At the moment, I don't care; I'm enjoying the experience.

On my jogs, I'm listening to Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization. I like how Neil Tyson uses Space to show perspective on issues happening here on Earth. Sometimes, perspective can alter outlooks. I rather like how Tyson presents the different perspectives (whether I agree with him or not). He's interesting to listen to.

the famished road if one of my favorite books of all time. Cosmic Perspectives is what i am seeking.
I just finished a book that blew me away, Talking to strangers. Fate placed the book in my hands in the hostel in Berlin. It deals with hard issues so delicately and of all things, the scene shifts from Ireland to Warsaw, where I'm going (after Cracow).
I think that perspective aways determines outlook.

of all things, when i went to post this i was informed i must be a member of the group to post. Luckily, i was able to cut and paste.

I finished Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization today. I enjoyed the idea that with rational, open discussions, where all sides listen to each other, that peace & harmony can be obtained in all subjects. It's a wonderful thought.

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed The Famished Road. Does a plotline occur at some point? I'm really enjoying the writing. It's lyrical, mystical and well written. However, the story is a little bit "one day after another in an ordinary (although magical) life". I hope I'm not missing something.

Magdelanye, is this the book you just read?: Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
I agree that perspective determines outlook. We can positively change our outlook with a different perspective. ...(and the other way, too, but we don't want to think of negativity)

I've now started reading We. Just sorting out the society described....how awful and structured!! This book was (supposedly) the book that inspired George Orwell to write 1984.
Very well written and an interesting story.

Not the book i just read. sorry, should have included the authors name: Michael Harding
Talking to strangers and other ways of being human. I absolutely love this book.

I discovered famished road on a library shelf. As you have discovered, the loose plot is secondary to the process and the gorgeous writing.

We is also one of those books chosen at random from a second hand bookstore. It is a masterpiece for sure.

Petra, hope this works. It is a link to a fb post that is point on our discussion about awareness

well it doesn't work.
ill try something else

sorry that doesnt work either, but i found ellie on WhatsApp and that may have worked. Ellie, do you have it, the tiny buddha

Magdelanye, the link works (all three times...LOL).
That's a nice way to show perspective. Look for the good and be happy.

LOL indeed!
i t doesnt work from my end. i just get This link is invalid. Ellie, you will find it on WhatsApp, altho it doesn't appear that you use it much.
Did you check out tiny Buddha's site? i love it.


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i am loving WhatsApp too because its accessible when nothing else is, and it's possible to send photos.
Yesterday may have been the first day in my reading life that i did not read a book.

Magdelanye wrote: "Sweet greetings from Haarlem, where i have been growing into my role as Peace Dancer.
To dance in front of the statue of Anne Frank was the culmination of my connection with her.
People have been ..."

Magdelanye, this sounds thrilling!

To be in Poland now is truly amazing. I am paused here in Gdansk pulled to countries i have only read about, Lithuania, Estonia n Latvia and Romania are as close as i will ever get. And Warsaw is there waiting for me.... x !

Ellie do you ever check WhatsApp? I am liking it for reliability. Apparently though (yay) the link i kept sending to Petra (which didnt work for me) worked for her.