Autumnal Rambles

Fall always reminds me of school. Reading, studying, learning, taking walks with 90 pound book bags around campus and drinking cheap powdered vanilla cappuccino. Every fall since I have been out of school I've done the same thing - read. I remember last year I discovered Good Reads and started a bookshelf so I would start reading again. It was lovely while it lasted, but then work and other responsibilities set in and I stopped making time for my books. Winter weather and the holidays came and my books started getting lonely without me, and I think by the spring they completely forgot that we were once friends. This year I am trying to make it stick. I have a built up urge to read more than ever before. When I am reading I feel productive, and even though I'm not getting anything done in the physical sense, words inspire me. When I read I feel like I can let everything else in my life go and just be in the moment. I think it actually helps me loosen up my mind - so therefore reading must be a step in my creative process. 

Anyway, I'm reading a lot of books right now. Thats how I like it. I always read more than one book at a time - I think I just get ADD about it. I've renewed my library card and made a little more use of it than usual. I also feel like a good citizen when I go to the library. I shouldn't, since all I am doing is taking advantage of the public gift, and not doing anything to help the library or make it better. That's why I always return my books late because I know they need the money. Sort of. 

In other news, I've been cooking slightly healthier recently. I'm trying to eat a half of a grapefruit everyday for breakfast and eat some kind of raw vegetable for lunch. I only ate out twice last week, and I rode my bike once so one of the eat-out-meals doesn't really count. Today I will probably make an acorn squash! 

I think I will start a new big painting today and see what happens. I will be off Monday and most of Tuesday for the school holiday, so I need to start getting productive now and take advantage of this extra hour of sleep that I got last night.

I hope all of you know who you are going to vote for by now. If you don't, you disappoint me.