This isn’t exactly an internet rabbit hole I’m talking about. Much better than that. It happened this way.
I’ve been following The Tim Ferriss Show for many years and it’s one of my favorite podcasts. The other day I listened to Tim talk with author Mary Karr, who I really didn’t know at all, and found her delightful. Very funny and straightforward. She is someone that would be great fun to hang out with I suspect. And even though we both grew up in Texas, based on what I heard she had a much different experience than I did.
Growing up in Austin is not like growing up in a small east Texas town it seems. Mary’s parent’s style of fighting and raising kids, shared in the interview and book, reminded me of what Matthew McConaughey said about his childhood in Greenlights.
Turns out Mary is pretty well known and she wrote a book called The Art of Memoir and is a teacher. Since I’m creating this blog to get better at writing, and it is somewhat of a memoir at times, it seemed like a book I would like. What’s wonderful is sometimes when I go to find a book on Libby at the library it’s available! Then I don’t have to wait and can start it right then.
In that book, Mary speaks very highly of and read excerpts from Richard Wright’s Black Boy. That book was also available! As soon as I finished Karr’s book I started Wright’s. And who knows where it will go next. So good.
One silver lining to the fact that I have a job driving 20+ hours a week is that I can listen to a lot of books. This week while following this train of content, I had a moment of excitement about life I’d like to share. Think about all of the books, and people, and places, and things there are to experience and learn about! I hope I can fit all that I desire to pursue, into whatever time I have left. It gives me a lot of optimism and joy to consider all the possibilities. What gets you excited about life?
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