The Insufficiency of Maps

I bought this book at the university bookstore today. It's a novel. The title and the cover image grabbed me. They both speak to some deeper things I've been thinking about lately. Can't explain exactly how yet, but they do.

According to the copy on the back of the book, "In this powerful debut novel by award-winning Nora Pierce, a young girl must discover the meaning of self and family as she struggles to find her place between two contrasting realities."

It's a book that touches on topics like mental illness, and the Native American experience. Topics that tend to hold my attention.

I'm looking forward to reading it.

Full Day

My roommate L and I have had a full day.

We had a long list of tasks to accomplish, and managed to get most of them done.

We did errands all over the city today.

Bought groceries.

Unpacked boxes.

We've finally got phone and internet service in our new house. After much struggle, one repairman, and a thirty minute phone call with the service provider.

We had the perfect dinner to round out this sort of day. Chicken Caesar salad. French bread with butter. Half a mango each. Healthy, and not too heavy at the end of a long, hot, day.

Tomorrow I'm buying a bed. And then dropping it off, unassembled at my house and heading for my favorite spot in the mountains with my roommate. A spot I go to when I need to think and pray. When we get home, I'll assemble a bed.

Once I have a bed, I can finish settling into my bedroom, and work further on settling into our house.

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