Monday, December 22, 2025

     I begin reading the New Yorker at age 18 at college. And I have stuck with it. The Netflix documentary on the one hundred year anniversary of the New Yorker, is well done and evocative of times past. I love the New Yorker. The writing has given me a fresh view of life and living.

     I ‘ve not heard a single Christmas song, not one this year.  I am so isolated from this season. My roommate set up a charming small live Christmas tree in the living room. But the sounds of Christmas have escaped me.  Maybe I am spending too much time at home. I should get out and experience life in stores and downtown.

   My current reading challenge is Philip Pullman’s latest 600 page book, THE ROSE FIELD, volume three of the Book of Dust. Over the decades I have read most of his books. Am I too old to enjoy his fantasy writing now? Is my mind stuck in detective stories.

     I have been doing a 30 minute chair yoga routine for the last two months.  Almost every day. In the late afternoon I sit in my bedroom with the instruction book and do the stretches and movements. I feel good when I am done, but I am not sure I am getting stronger.