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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’m sorry. I know this is beloved by so many people. For me, it was weeks of reading time I will never get back again.
Could it be due to listening to it on Audible? Maybe. I do know that I rarely knew whose point of view that was being presented. I didn’t even realize there were four daughters, not three, until the end of the book. I do wish that audio narrators would give us more flags of POV change.
I was raised reading missionary stories. My grandmother had a bookshelf of these stories. I loved reading about the missionaries going to foreign countries or continents. Of course, the issues of how women were treated were not in the books for my middle-grade group reads. Later I noticed how PKs and preacher’s wives were treated. Some with great respect, others with disdain, and worse. It makes me sick to know how the father treated the main characters in this book. And equally badly how the natives were treated. Nothing new there. When will humans learn to treat others with respect even when they don’t look or worship as we do?
I’m sure there are those who love this book. Maybe it was where I was mentally when I read (listened to) this book. I don’t want to ruin it for you. Enjoy.
Hopefully this much will get through.
I wish I were farther along than I am. But I’ll take what progress I can.
I’m going to post this as a place holder. Our internet isn’t working. It is even spotty on my phone. Hitting publish now.
Edit: All I got into this post last night was the paragraph just above. The pictures came through only just this morning. Now I’ll label them.
My Stream of Consciousness Saturday may have to happen on Sunday.
There is no one in the office of our internet company to help during the weekend.😒
There was a time when everything I did or tried had to be perfect. If it wasn’t I’d give up or try something else.
Now, I’m learning to try a lot and mess up. I think as a passion pulls me to play more, I’m sure I’ll get better. There will always be those who are better. But maybe there are those who are playing by ear or off the cuff, like me who want company along the way. We’ll all get better. There’s no such thing as perfect.
Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “perfection.’” Use it any way you like. Enjoy!
Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 28th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “throw in the towel.” Use the phrase “throw in the towel” somewhere in your post. Enjoy!
The piddle cleaning solution says to soak up said piddle with a towel before applying product.
Wall-to-wall piddle pads don’t prevent all piddles. And so at said piddles we throw in the towel.
Alas. Love the old gal. We’ll miss her when she’s gone, but towels will live another day for being thrown.
Here we are again, JusJoJan. A fun way to kick the resolution to write every day into gear. See what I did there?
I don’t do well with resolutions. It’s a sure fire way to get a couple of days of habit forming the good or eliminating the bad ways to fall on the floor with my inner teen rebel. I prefer seeing the end result in my head. I see if it seems in attunement with my nature. Can I see the possibilities of it working with my passions? If so no other thought is necessary.
That worked quite well for me for a couple of years. My weight had dropped and my blood tests have improved a lot. All from the thought that what my son said about Keto/fasting felt right to me. It had been easy. I don’t work hard at it. I just follow my mind/body. If, as my birthday, I want pizza, I have it with a passion and go back to healthy the next day. See? No resolution. Just keep leaning toward what feels right to my body.
Darswords 
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