Books, Employment, Weather...

[skye_lark]

Yes! Spring has arrived! All in one day, really. That day was Friday. It's gotten up in the 60's and stayed there, and tomorrow is supposed to get up to *gasp* 78. The snow is all pretty much gone from its shady nooks and icy caches. The mud is drying up. The buds on my aspen, outside our trailor, are all but bursting into baby leaves. I

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[marissa_leigh]

Oh, One Man's Meat-caution: while for the most part it's good, clean, well-written, farmer-guy stuff, there are a few essays with passing appreciative mentions of certain parts of female anatomy. (He's only a man living after the fall of Victorian repression. What can one expect?) I forget which ones, and the specifics, though. I was focused more on the good parts of the essays, of course. ;) Just thought I'd warn you. Be sure to check out "Once More to the Lake"! I think that one's generally thought to be one of his most masterful essays. "Summertime, oh summertime, pattern of life indelible, the fade-proof lake, the woods unshatterable, the pastures with the sweetfern and the juniper forever and ever, summer without end..."

I haven't read much Steinbeck. Only "The Pearl" and Of Mice and Men. But from my general knowledge, I'm not sure you'll particularly like him. The two I read made use of rather graphic and disturbing violence, and I think there was a ton of cussing in Of Mice and Men, too. . . I'll admit I don't know anything

[eattheolives]

Let me know what you think of Dunn, good or bad; I'm always curious! (I just finished another of her books, and while I didn't enjoy it quite so much as the first, it was still very pleasant reading.)

[songofsummer]

Oh, how neat that you'll be, hopefully, getting a job soon! :D

But I'm also sure that there are real wonderful people... and that someday someone really will be that special in my eyes.

They are there- where we least expect them, and often looking so different than we really thought. But they are there, and you will find them if you keep looking. :)

[skye_lark]

Thank-you. :)

I'll let you know how the job comes along!