kindness is a book

[threeplusfire]

The UPS man just frightened me half to death banging on the door out of the blue. Gene's still sleeping, locked in his room so I can't do my taxes. So I sat here, pacing the living room, sometimes cleaning or just staring out at the sky.

But the UPS man brought me a box, and as I tried to sign I wondered if I had ordered something and forgotten about it. But other than dinner and the netflix account, I haven't used my credit card much at all lately. I thought maybe it was for Gene, but it did have my name on it.

Not only did someone randomly send me a book, someone randomly sent me a book I don't have and a book I wanted. Strong Opinions, by Nabokov. Thank you Heather in SC, for the gift. I've already started reading the introduction as I type. Perhaps I'll go find some oranges and read in the bath tub.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, that's a fascinating piece of work. Nabokov is one of my personal literary gods. I feel like I should build a little diorama of the Parthenon and fill it will statues of my favorite writers. Heh. I also really dig the biography of his wife Vera that came out about three years ago.

And I love your icon. Everytime you use it I get this big silly grin. Hee.

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[tsarina.livejournal.com]

It's called Vera (Mrs Vladimir Nabokov), by Stacey Schiff.