Well, we are still on Walden.It seems like we will always be on Walden. I will one day discover I've died and Christian Hell is real and reading this book in my eternal punishment. Okay, maybe not that bad. But it's definitely a forced march for me to
get through and I haven't had much time lately, so I'm not through chapter one
yet. My ever-patient cohort has finished and is waiting for me.
I really dislike this book. We did some digging the other
day and based on a few things my friend read she switched her opinion from
1800s hipster to 1800s zen guy. I'm still firmly in the hipster camp.
HDT is talking about building his cabin and how much food he
had the forethought to plant on two acres in advance. Apparently it's okay with
him to plant just enough to get by on as long as you aren't actually calling
yourself a farmer and attempting to make a living from it.
Given how enamored of farming and homesteading as I have
been of late this attitude really bugs me, but as my friend points out, we have
to keep in mind the attitudes and culture of the time it was written.
I have been reading it on my phone at odd moments and I
skipped ahead to see if this chapter would ever end. I have 52 more finger
swipes to go. UGH. But on the bright side at least it's not 1984, or The
Handmaiden's Tale.
As with my current educational pursuits, I'm sure that if I
stick with it and make it to the end, I'll be glad I did it (and equally glad
it's over too, I'm sure)
Hm, I have a copy of Walden. I wonder if I should pick it up and agonize with you, lol! Not funny, I know. *cough*
ReplyDeleteThe more the merrier! *grins* I will not be held accountable for any narcoleptic episodes resulting from your adventure though!
ReplyDeleteI will not be picking up "Walden", lol --- I am still languishing on the interesting, but fury-inducing "Dark Side" by Jane Mayer -- about the Bush-Cheney destruction of the American system of law and war making by international rules.
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