Head-dibs

Blessed to have some rest. Enjoying time by the firelight, in the moon light with cold ones, Jupiter, Leo, Mars in Gemini and Ursa Major. Amazed that my camera picked them up! 

Grateful for a day off, a coff of cuppee, a nice breeze, blank journal pages and quiet.

 

 “This is a book about how it happened—in particular how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also some of what happened in between and since. That’s a great deal to cover, of course, which is why the book is called A Short History of Nearly Everything, even though it isn’t really. It couldn’t be. But with luck by the time we finish it will feel as if it is.”

I just finished reading Chinua Achebe’s book, “Things Fall Apart.” This is perhaps one of the most beautiful books written. I do not intend to write a book review per se, but please find below a small collection of quotes that I believe reflects the beauty of this book: “Proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.” “The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.” “if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.” “You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too.” “Beginning life anew without the vigor and enthusiasm of youth is like learning to become left-handed in old age.” “As a man danced, so the drums were beaten for him.” Whenever you see a toad, jumping in broad daylight, the know that something is after its life. Favorite sentence: “Such was the excessive energy bottled up in Enoch’s small body that it was always erupting in quarrels and fights.”

  Things Fall Apart  is the  debut novel  by Nigerian author  Chinua Achebe , first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of  Nigeria  and the  invasion by Europeans during the late 19th century . It is seen as the archetypal modern  African novel  in English, and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and is widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. The novel was first published in the  United Kingdom  in 1962 by  William Heinemann Ltd , and became the first work published in Heinemann's  African Writers Series . (Source: Wikipedia)