A Girl Provoked

Last weekend as many of you know, I spent a bit of time out of the world and was up at a friend's cabin on the lake. A big thank you to Lou for his hospitality and the town of Waupaca and King for hosting me and my tomfoolery. The weekend was spent swimming and boating and generally running amok with my darling Orion at my side. I have learned that despite living the majority of his life in the desert, he is indeed meant to be a boat dog with his mama once she has her boat in the far distant future.

I brought along with me the newest book by my favorite author and undergrad mentor, Hugh M. Curtler. Provoking Thought (currently on sale through the publisher even!) is a book that allows the reader insight into the mind of an exceptional man, an exceptional academic and a vantage on some of the issues we are all dealing with all our lives. I will write a full review soon, for now I will say that if you want to think about your own life, whether you agree with the perspectives he promotes or not, read this book. It will do what it's title promises (how often can you say that something lived up to its promoted intention?) and give your mind a wander along the imponderables that make up our society and modern lives.

I didn't make it through as much as I intended due to a paraplegic man in a kayak coming along, commandeering my attention, and as the conversation meandered to what the soul of a human can and will accomplish if one refuses to let it be vanquished...I gave him my copy and offering him a peek into the thoughts of a man obscenely more learned and adept a thinker than I. For now then, I reorder and am happy with the sale, and will patiently await further edification.

Thank you, Hugh, for everything you give and gave each and every one of your students and the human race.