Senses working overtime #470

1 Autumn at Maple grove

Yes, a return to that tree at Maple Grove. Leaves are clinging on.

2 Reading: Maktub - Paulo Coelho

I'm trying not to read this too quickly. A couple of pages a day is enough - otherwise I won't digest the messages and I need to savor the experience.

3 Reading: Degrees Of Separation - Laurence Fearnley

After taking ages to read Bleak House and Scattershot, I'm whizzing through two books too quickly.  

4 Listening: All About Me - Mel Brooks

I am still enjoying listening to this audiobook on my daily commute. Mel Brooks! What a guy!

5 Watching: All Quiet On The Western Front (2022 German version)

I have had this on my Netflix list for ages and we plumped for it last night. I'm usually not keen on foreign language films dubbed into English (I'd prefer to watch it in the original language with sub-titles, but I knew I'd be outvoted). Didn't matter too much with this visceral portrayal of a tragic story. Haunting is an overused adjective, but it sums up the experience of watching this film.

Overtime: 

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

Voltaire.