waiting for the rain - where is it?

Reading a book. What an indulgence. I read best on the subway in NYC, and I know I am not alone. Now I haven’t been to NYC in so long I’ll have to be visit as a tourist. I don’t even know anyone who lives there anymore - ok, one person. But, I just got tickets for the Matisse “Red Studio” exhibit; going with friends. Wait, I know 4 people who still live in NYC. I should write about my NYC years? not today.

But, today I’m reading a (fascinating) book because it’s supposed to rain. Not that I couldn’t be doing other indoor things it’s just that other things are not as easy to open. Yet, you find me here, trying to blog something? Don’t ask :-)

It’s Bewilderment by Richard Powers. I want to tell you this book brings me to tears and is not an easy read. I’m not a parent, but as a former teacher I had more than one art/maker-space student who was a little boy, brilliant, often frustrated, sometimes depressed and angry. This book is relevant, though I guess not yet a best seller (?). I want to give a copy to every teacher and administrator I know.

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