North Woods by Daniel Mason
A fascinating concept of tracing the stories of people through a fixed place over centuries of time. I loved discovering the new occupant at the beginning of each chapter, and enjoyed the coincidences when stories wove about each other. I give this book an average rating as I felt the interesting concept was not fully exploited.
A desire for a particular thing to happen, I think hope is active, it is not a whimsical desire but a manifesting desire. Hope is what makes me try again, even when I am tired, even when it seems like this thing that I would like to happen in impossible, still then hope takes a slow calming breath and tries again. Tries the same thing again, usually. With the same disheartening results. Occasionally things go better. Occasionally the particular thing happens. I wonder.
November 23
Wrapping the blanket about me is a comfort but not as much as the heating, for it is...
