Category Archives: Bookish Talk

Summer Reading? Maybe? Anyone care to join me?

Ti, holding a copy of Infinite Jest outside, against a backdrop of greenery.

Remember how I mentioned that reading, or rather finding any time to read has been a challenge? Well, I’ve completely lost my mind. I scrapped any hopes of coming up with a summer reading list. Instead, I picked up this doorstop of a book.

Infinite Jest by the late David Foster Wallace.

I almost chose this one as my first book of the year and you all said, “No, Ti!! Don’t do that to yourself!” I listened. But, guys, it’s been one heck of a year so far. I feel like NOW might be the right time to read it.

Here’s a blurb:

A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America

“Set in an addicts’ halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are.” ~ the publisher

Sounds fascinating, right? So, I am going to spend the summer with this book. I will take my time reading it, feeling it, and digesting whatever there is to take in. Simple. One book, for the summer. I can do this.

Sunday Matters: Hello, All

Sunday Matters, a latte on a wooden tray against greenery.

Guys, it’s been difficult to keep up with everything (this blog, work, reading), literally everything. That’s why I wanted to be sure to post today.

Right Now:

Heading to student ministry. I’m giving the message today. With the recent addition of 5-6th grade, the message content is a little different and to be honest, it’s hard to wrap my brain around it. It’s all new. Different. It’s a matter of time.

This Week:

Nothing. Keeping my schedule blissfully empty intentionally.

Reading:

I’m reading Red Pill for book club. It’s very interesting. A lot to think about.

Watching:

Haven’t started it yet but the final season of Squid Game is what I plan to kick back with tonight.

Grateful for:

It’s been such a crappy month but gonna find stuff to be grateful for:

    Daughter comes home at the end of July.
    Summer camp is coming up July 7th. It’s exhausting but will be a wonderful reset for my soul.
    My little Otter Pup’s bday is July 4th. The day we gave her as a rescue. She’s old and can’t get around well but she is still the sweetest.
    Good friends who look out for me.

Love you. Be patient with me as I recalibrate.