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Physical: I seem to have levelled up recently. I'm still struggling with getting enough energy on a vegetarian diet, so am 'mostly vegetarian' at best, but I have suddenly got better at walking, and at sitting on soft surfaces. I can sit on a sofa for half an hour, then get up and walk properly! I can walk as far as I want without resorting to shuffling!
Mental: reading Jeremiah 17 in Shul on Saturday,
"Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonai;
Adonai will be his security.
He will be like a tree planted near water;
it spreads out its roots by the river;
it does not notice when heat comes;
and its foliage is luxuriant;
it is not anxious in a year of drought
but keeps on yielding fruit."
and I decided at that point that perhaps, when I wake early, I could profitably say Morning Prayer, so I have been. And it does seem to help, so I'll keep doing that.
Not exactly health: I noticed that the library is about to start charging £1 per reservation, so I have filled up my reservation slots ahead of that (and there are 2 waiting for me in the library, so I'll probably fill up again). I'm reading Sorceror to the Crown by Zen Cho at the moment, which was recommended to me a zillion times, mostly by robots. I'm enjoying it so far, Cho has a modern tone to her writing, so I wouldn't compare it to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell, or any other Regency writers as I've seen other people do, in fact I have a hard time remaining in period in my head, but as a story about people in a pickle, and social gender norms and racism, and magic, it's quite fun and if you like that sort of thing, worth a go (disclaimer; I'm about a third of the way through so that could change)
Also, I am reading the second Myke Cole, which I| love. It's military fantasy but set in a modern armed forces, rather than swords and sorcery or futuristic space stuff. Just the sort of thing that might be written about any modern frontier but with magic. Also, The Death of Grass by John Christopher which is an interesting premise - apocalypse by crop failure - but the people are horrendous and there's far too much casual violence for me to enjoy it as such.
Mental: reading Jeremiah 17 in Shul on Saturday,
"Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonai;
Adonai will be his security.
He will be like a tree planted near water;
it spreads out its roots by the river;
it does not notice when heat comes;
and its foliage is luxuriant;
it is not anxious in a year of drought
but keeps on yielding fruit."
and I decided at that point that perhaps, when I wake early, I could profitably say Morning Prayer, so I have been. And it does seem to help, so I'll keep doing that.
Not exactly health: I noticed that the library is about to start charging £1 per reservation, so I have filled up my reservation slots ahead of that (and there are 2 waiting for me in the library, so I'll probably fill up again). I'm reading Sorceror to the Crown by Zen Cho at the moment, which was recommended to me a zillion times, mostly by robots. I'm enjoying it so far, Cho has a modern tone to her writing, so I wouldn't compare it to Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell, or any other Regency writers as I've seen other people do, in fact I have a hard time remaining in period in my head, but as a story about people in a pickle, and social gender norms and racism, and magic, it's quite fun and if you like that sort of thing, worth a go (disclaimer; I'm about a third of the way through so that could change)
Also, I am reading the second Myke Cole, which I| love. It's military fantasy but set in a modern armed forces, rather than swords and sorcery or futuristic space stuff. Just the sort of thing that might be written about any modern frontier but with magic. Also, The Death of Grass by John Christopher which is an interesting premise - apocalypse by crop failure - but the people are horrendous and there's far too much casual violence for me to enjoy it as such.
