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An Attempt at Re-engaging
Mar. 10th, 2023 12:04 amToday, at my grandson's invitation, I went with him to the Barnes & Noble bookstore over on the southeast side of The 'Cuse. I think he suggested it as a way to get me out of the house for a bit. It was fun and I did appreciate the effort and insight on his part.
It reminded me of those years when he lived with us in the old Eastwood area of the city and the two of us would go to B&N at least once a week to buy the next book in whatever series we were reading at the time.
You know, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Who Was [fill in a name] or What Was [fill in a place or thing] series, or any of a half-dozen others that made up our nightly reading when he was between pre-school and 5th grade or so.
(I had recently come across a printed copy of a journal entry from 12 years ago, called "Necessary Things," which described the day when he and his dad moved out of the house and thus threatened to bring our shared reading to an end.
The printed copy was in a manilla envelope and looked like it had been prepared for one of the writer's groups I belonged to at the time, and I mentioned it to him, today, as a way of assuring him that I was actively considering ways in which I could begin to re-engage with my own life.)
Anyway, jumping back to present time, I've also been re-engaging as a reader through Dave Grohl's Storyteller memoir and from there into the lives and music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana and Taylor Hawkins and the Foo Fighters. Wending my way, once again, through all the chaos and tragedy and creative genius which those players and their respective storylines represent.
And so, off we went to B&N where I picked up Bleach--the Nirvana album, not the laundry product--and Nevermind, as well as ordering In Utero, Nirvana's 3rd album along with two books--which I know I've previously read but have no hope of finding after my move out of the city--Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad and Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross.
So, yeah, some reading and listening as a way of re-engaging. Reading about other lives, I guess, as a way of rediscovering and appreciating the value of my own...
LPK
Dreamwidth
3.9.2023
It reminded me of those years when he lived with us in the old Eastwood area of the city and the two of us would go to B&N at least once a week to buy the next book in whatever series we were reading at the time.
You know, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, the Who Was [fill in a name] or What Was [fill in a place or thing] series, or any of a half-dozen others that made up our nightly reading when he was between pre-school and 5th grade or so.
(I had recently come across a printed copy of a journal entry from 12 years ago, called "Necessary Things," which described the day when he and his dad moved out of the house and thus threatened to bring our shared reading to an end.
The printed copy was in a manilla envelope and looked like it had been prepared for one of the writer's groups I belonged to at the time, and I mentioned it to him, today, as a way of assuring him that I was actively considering ways in which I could begin to re-engage with my own life.)
Anyway, jumping back to present time, I've also been re-engaging as a reader through Dave Grohl's Storyteller memoir and from there into the lives and music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana and Taylor Hawkins and the Foo Fighters. Wending my way, once again, through all the chaos and tragedy and creative genius which those players and their respective storylines represent.
And so, off we went to B&N where I picked up Bleach--the Nirvana album, not the laundry product--and Nevermind, as well as ordering In Utero, Nirvana's 3rd album along with two books--which I know I've previously read but have no hope of finding after my move out of the city--Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad and Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross.
So, yeah, some reading and listening as a way of re-engaging. Reading about other lives, I guess, as a way of rediscovering and appreciating the value of my own...
LPK
Dreamwidth
3.9.2023
