[stylist] What have you been reading?

[Lynda Lambert]

Lynda Lambert
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From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
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Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [stylist] What have you been reading?


> Go with God and butterflies?
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> Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. -- Carl Sandburg
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Lynda Lambert
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 9:59 AM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] What have you been reading?
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> My reading the past month or two has not been extensive because I was 
> traveling out of the country in April and May, and in-between have been 
> working in the studio. I don't listen to books when I am traveling because 
> I want to keep my focus on where I am and to really see in depth the 
> place, the people and the wonderful things that are there. I do not travel 
> just to check it off on my bucket list, but I travel because I want to 
> know the place well and really appreciate all of it.
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> When I am making art,  I listen to great music. Classical, or cultural 
> music from the places I have visited. I like ethnic and cultural music 
> very much. When I listen to it I am transported back to those moments when 
> I was there in person.
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> Right now, I am reading a collection of essays on spiritual matters. 
> Spirituality is right on my front burner, all the time.
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> This book is _The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006_ which is 
> absolutely fantastic. Many of the writers in the book are some of my 
> favorite authors of books I have taught at the college in my literature 
> courses. One in particular that I like so much is Wendell Barry - not sure 
> if I spelled that right.
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> I am still reading _Simple Abundance_ by Sarah Ban Breathnach_ and that 
> one is a day by day reading so I will just be reading it for an entire 
> year one little bit at a time.
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> I was reading an extensive book on a 19th century French writer - but I 
> just quit it because after listening to quite a lot, I was no interested 
> enough to endure the rest of it. It was on Flaubert, and since I am not 
> very knowledgeable on Flaubert's work, I had a hard time connecting with 
> this biography. Maybe another time, after I read "Madam Boviary" some day.
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> I just read _Want Fries with That? Obesity  and the Supersizing of 
> America_ by Scott Ingrfam. This book was very informative, full of 
> information of learning to eat a healthy and nutritional  way. I love 
> books on fitness and health and this is a priority in my own life style. I 
> am an enormous _Body for Life_ book by Bill Phillips and I live by his 
> fitness and nutrition plan.
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> I have two other books on the back burner and intend to read them soon.
> _Melville: His World and Work_ by Andrew Delbanco   and _What Happy Women 
> Know_ by Dan Baker and Cathy Greenburg.
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> The other thing I am doing is the 12 day Energy Healing Conference. Today 
> is Day FIVE for it.
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> Every day, I get a new post from a different author and I am reading them, 
> or watching the videos, or checking out the links for more information.
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> So my reading comes in between the other things in my daily life - my 
> daily workouts at the gym, long cardio walks with my dogs, making pottery, 
> and jewelry, writing poetry, blog articles,  keeping a very active Face 
> Book presence, working with animal rescue, and doing exhibitions of my 
> work.
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> My reading, I think, is a kind of glue that holds me all together and 
> gives me inspiration. I am often inspired by reading the posts by some 
> writers here on the list who write from the gut, those who understand 
> intuition and follow that path.
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> One thing I know for sure, to be able to write well, you have to be 
> reading and learning new things and doing research all the time. The more 
> we uncover, the deeper we have to dig for more and more. Eve just spoke 
> about that in her emails here, and she is so right on.
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> Gehen Sie mit Gott und Schmetterlinge
> Lynda  River Woman
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