So I gave myself a day off. Just a bit of Etsying in the morning (finishing off a cowl and some leg warmers and making up an order). Since then – ignoring the potential HOURS of work on the house – I have just been reading. All day. Curled up upstairs, with the occasional coffee raid.
I actually dipped into half a dozen books- more than in the photo, but those are the ones I settled on. I enjoy being a butterfly – I often have several different books on the go at once. There is always one in my bag – but that has to be a smallish paperback or it wouldn’t fit in the zip….Then there are quite a lot (!) around my bed. Heavier tomes stay in piles near the sofa…in fact it occurs to me that I don’t move my books that much, rather I seek them out by joining them wherever they happen to be!
Today I made a start on the two smaller books above but spent most time on the middle one, which I finished. A History of Ignorance (or, in fact, of ‘ignorances’). I had not realised how many historians were currently considering this topic, which turns out to be massive. Peter’s book above has such an impressive range of detailed examples – and elegantly written as always. A great read!
PS – he is giving a lecture on the same topic at the University (Sussex) tomorrow so I may learn even more!
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