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No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters
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The inimitable Ursula Le Guin took up blogging late in life, and so left us with this collection of pithy and poignant thoughts about everything from soup to nuts; from politics to literature to kitty dreams.
It strikes me, actually, that she reflects on things in a particularly old-person way here. Just speaking from my own experience, of course, but the way she thinks about how things are and how they should be, the way she relishes joys she may have missed in younger years, is very familiar to me now that I am getting older. She is Le Guin, though, so they aren’t gripes. She brings brilliance and hope and wisdom to her reflections.
Two favorites:
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/97...
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/33...
“Indignation is still the right response to indignity, to disrespect, but in the present moral climate it seems to be most effective expressed through steady, resolute morally committed behavior and action.”
It strikes me, actually, that she reflects on things in a particularly old-person way here. Just speaking from my own experience, of course, but the way she thinks about how things are and how they should be, the way she relishes joys she may have missed in younger years, is very familiar to me now that I am getting older. She is Le Guin, though, so they aren’t gripes. She brings brilliance and hope and wisdom to her reflections.
Two favorites:
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/97...
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/33...
“Indignation is still the right response to indignity, to disrespect, but in the present moral climate it seems to be most effective expressed through steady, resolute morally committed behavior and action.”
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Oct 09, 2021 06:47PM
We can all use some hope and wisdom! Nice , Kathleen!
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Angela M wrote: "We can all use some hope and wisdom! Nice , Kathleen!"Thanks, Angela. A wonderful author!
How much do I love that final quote?! Wow, that is so true!
I loved this one too Kathleen. It was like a conversation with a really intelligent woman.
Julie wrote: "How much do I love that final quote?! Wow, that is so true!"Agreed, Julie. And she is full of this kind of wisdom!
Diane wrote: "I loved this one too Kathleen. It was like a conversation with a really intelligent woman."That is so true, Diane. I felt that way about her other non-fiction too. Intelligent and wise.
Ms. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle influenced my early reading in a way that I will never forget and I'm not sure I will ever match. The woman was simply a badass.
