Didn't We Just Do This?

I'm all in a dither about what to read next. I really don't know why it's such a big deal for me, but it really is. I stand at the end of a long hallway filled with doors. Which one shall I open? I'm always unsettled until I choose. (Isn't this crazy?) Lately there are three broad categories from which I choose: fiction, theology, other nonfiction. And the "other nonfiction" category has been dominated by plant-based diet stuff. My last three books include one from each of those categories, so I don't feel like I've been reading too much of one and not enough of others. I suppose I could branch out a bit in the "other nonfiction" group -- read a biography or something. 

Hmmm. I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. (I'll decide before I post this, though!)

This morning I got out a little blank book and wrote down the names of my "children" (Alex, Alisha, Kael), Linden's children, and Diana's crew. And I prayed for them, each one, by name and for specific things if I knew of them. Maybe this is what I'm supposed to be -- a prayer warrior for children (most of the children on that list are grown, so I don't mean that from an age perspective!). Let me know if I can add your children to my list.

Okay, I have to get a move on. I've got my final physical therapy appointment in two hours; I have not exercised since my last appointment when I hurt my back. The back is all better -- 100% -- so I need to get back in the saddle. My knee replacement surgery is scheduled for six weeks from today, so there's plenty of time. (I don't think I need to do these exercises at all, actually. My legs are strong; I just have rotten knees. But I will do them anyway.)

I'm going to read Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel. I read her book, Longitude, a million years ago and absolutely loved it. Galileo's Daughter is based on the letters of Galileo's illegitimate daughter, a cloistered nun. This is a book that was recommended to me by my friend Denise, so it is the ninth book I will read from that list (my goal is to read ten books recommended by friends). And -- I actually own a copy that I bought years ago intending to read. So there you go. :)

More later...