Remember how I’ve always said, you should read the best so that you have something to aspire to? I just started The Kite Runner. Yes, I’m coming late to the party, I know that. But I think I also knew that it would blow me away and make me feel very small and a writer of little talent, and who wants to put themselves through all that? Well, The Kite Runner makes the feeling of Read more…
Hate is too great a burden to bear.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. My friend reminded me of this quote and it got me thinking. From an evolutionary standpoint, love is useful. Love ensures that a community grows and protects its weakest members. But what purpose does hate serve? Hate destroys societies as well as the person who nurtures it. As King puts it, it’s a burden and one he chose not to carry. I Read more…
I won’t buy him outright, but I am going to start leasing him. This will have two benefits: I ease myself into horse ownership, and Frisbee isn’t uprooted from the farm. I’m really looking forward to this! I will get to ride twice a week, which realistically is probably all I would be able to do even if I owned him outright. I also get to make him all purty and stuff. He had been Read more…