A new artist is playing as we drive over the Nova Scotia landscape - Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas in two albums entitled Highlander's Farewell and Port of Call. Catchy melodies of violin and cello intertwined in incredible harmony.
My Girl was humming music for Revelation song by Kari Jobe as we walked along the path to the Salmon Ponds at Cheticamp...so that's been playing once in a while too.
Lighthouse at Louisbourgh
We've also been enjoying a few books...some as a family and of course - on my own too:
-Finished reading an abridged copy of Anne of Green Gables to Maelle - fun to hear her laugh and then discuss the things she saw at the Anne house, L.M. Montgomery's grave, the house where Lucy was born and memories of watching the movie together previously. I have the whole unabridged series along...plan to delve into that on my own.
-We let the Kids pick out 4 books each at Value Village - they both picked out books that suit them (Hardy Boys and Rainbow Fairy).
-Listening in the vehicle to Born to Run by Christopher McDougall (some adult themes - but we discuss this as a family) an incredible book about perseverance, being curious and finding answers in other cultures. Fascinating! (Further to this blog post - ended up turning this one off as it was full of language that was not family-friendly...too bad - interesting story)
-Boxcar Children mystery - it has some antique ideas of gender rolls that had us all laughing (and discussing the ideas of past years)...but the audio book kept us going for several hours.
-Brene Brown...Gifts of Imperfection. Just today discussed the idea that you can't numb sadness without also dulling joy - with my 10 year old...yes, got this concept from her writings (and I'm learning...it's never done). And I have a whole list of authors that she recommends from her own spiritual awakening. I'll look into those in the coming months.
-I have a few others waiting to be read...The Amateur by Andy Merrifield and The Art of Living Other People's Lives by Greg Dybec.
We dropped into a farmer's market in Cheticamp town on Saturday - while there I chatted with a lady who makes a musical instrument called a 'crooked stick' that sounds similar to a small dulcimer. She worked as an x-ray technician and recently retired. She decided that she could invest into learning the art of making these to sell in the summers. It was interesting to discuss her retirement and how she's finding a way to be creative and inspire. That brings me to the final book that I'm going to have to finish (I started it...then ran out of time cause of packing the house - but need to finish because it was inspiring to me) - Julia Cameron's book entitled 'It's never Too Late to Begin Again'. I kind of see this year as a way to prepare for retirement and ponder what that could look like in the way off future.
I am always interested in what others are reading. I just read The Book of Joy by the Dali Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It was excellent.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. I love following you around. I want to look for the violin & cello music by Fraser & Haas. Sounds enjoyable. Also the Born to Run book. Thanks for the inspiration. I must first finish the book Jackie gave me about an Amish couple who through the loss of 2 girls found a deep faith in Jesus outside of their culture of trusting in works and then made the very difficult decision to leave the Amish.
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