Lots of knitting this weekend and lots of reading.
I finished Paradise in Hell (Rebecca Solnit).
It wasn't an easy read, but definitely a valuable one. Especially pared with Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler).
This part, where Solnit talks about communities that gather to help, gives me hope.
“Such community exists among people who gather as civil society and who believe that we are connected, that change is possible, and who hope for a better earth and act on their beliefs. They remind us that though disasters can be catalysts to bring out such qualities, disasters do not generate them; they are constructed by beliefs, commitments, and communities, not by weather, seismology or bombs.”
The book club discussion that I am attending is next week. There has already been some discussion about the importance of stories. Something I believe in...