From the first page of the first chapter of Blue Pastures by Mary Oliver. It’s the first time I’ve ever read her work. I keep coming back to this again and again. Our own self gets in our own way. And we let it. All the damn time. It most definitely is a ‘curious matter’. Of…… Continue reading the self
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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
There are some parts of books that always stay with you. I read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (David Mitchell) probably around ten years ago. I’ve never forgotten the image of the ladybird on the hands. Picking slugs from the cabbages with a pair of chopsticks, Jacob notices a ladybird on his right…… Continue reading The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
Mariam Sultan 