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#6Degrees

Six degrees of separation:
from wintering to tasting Paris

Time for another quirky variation on this meme.
From wintering to tasting Paris: sounds like a great life journey, isn’t it?
Plus, I end up in Paris, which is neat for Paris in July!
Please come walk with me.

Using my own rules for this fun meme hosted by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest
(see there the origin of the meme and how it works
– posted the first Saturday of every month).

Here are my own quirky rules:

1. Use your list of books on Goodreads
2. Take the first word of the title (or in the subtitle) offered and find another title with that word in it – see the titles below the images to fully understand, as often the word could be in the second part of the title
3. Then use the first word of THAT title to find your text title
4. Or the second if the title starts with the same word, or you are stuck

Click on the covers 
links will send you to my review or to the relevant page

This is the book we are supposed to start from.
I have not read it, and I am not planning to.

“An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down.
Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered.
A moving personal narrative shot through with lessons from literature, mythology, and the natural world, May’s story offers instruction on the transformative power of rest and retreat. Illumination emerges from many sources: solstice celebrations and dormice hibernation, C.S. Lewis and Sylvia Plath, swimming in icy waters and sailing arctic seas.
Ultimately Wintering invites us to change how we relate to our own fallow times. May models an active acceptance of sadness and finds nourishment in deep retreat, joy in the hushed beauty of winter, and encouragement in understanding life as cyclical, not linear. A secular mystic, May forms a guiding philosophy for transforming the hardships that arise before the ushering in of a new season. ”

Click on the covers to read my review
or the relevant page

Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

1. Wintering: A Season with Geese, by Stephen Rutt

2. The Wild Geese, by Ogai Mori

VERDICT: Short novel with a good social portrait of the time, but disappointing in its pace and ending.

3. A Brush With Birds: Paintings and Stories from the Wild, by Richard Weatherly

If you love art, travels, and birding, this is the most gorgeous book!

4.  Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from the Manyoshu to Basho, by Meredith McKinney (Editor / Translator).
Texts from Matsuo Bashō and many more.

“A rich, exquisite and original anthology that illuminates Japanese travel writing over a thousand years.
‘Oh journey upon journey, my life is a brief moment, and I cannot hope that we will meet again’
Roaming over mountains and along perilous shores, this anthology illuminates over a thousand years of Japanese travel writing. It takes in songs, diaries, tales and poetry, and ranges from famous works including The Pillow Book and the works of Basho to pieces such as the diary of a young girl who longs to return to the capital and her beloved books, or the writings of travelling monks who sleep on pillows of grass. Together they illuminate a long literary tradition, with intense poetic experience at its heart. ”

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