The Reading List

There is a cycle around hobbies that repeats itself every so often and it goes like this...

Husband discovers something that he is interested in. Husband searches all over the internet gathering information about his new interest. He reads articles, he reads blogs, he listens to podcasts, he finds out about local meet-ups, and then he orders books and then he orders equipment and more stuff. After a while, (length of time is really not consistent) husband discovers a new interest and the cycle repeats.

We have been through this cycle for kayaking, biking, baking, backpacking gear, and most recently (and still going) is photography. (I know I'm missing something here... perhaps husband will comment and let me know)

I fully admit that I do benefit from all of his time spent researching and reading and learning and practicing. Yes, I enjoy the fact that my husband can fix my bike when it acts moody, that he has all of the knowledge and all of the necessary tools to do any repair. And yes, I love that he knows how to grind his own wheat berries into flour and then bake bread and can make yogurt in the yogurt machine that sits in the back of our hardest to reach cabinet. I also love that he can teach me how to have more control over how my camera captures my photographs and I also love what he can do with photographs once they are in his computer. I love that my backpack only weighs 25 pounds because of the time he spent with careful gear selection.

For a long, long time, I had been complaining (in envy) that I didn't have time for hobbies. Why did husband have time to play while wife did not? Why did husband have the opportunity to learn all these new things when wife was stuck putting up with teenagers? Teaching high school math in East Oakland just took so much time and energy. Especially the emotional energy to deal with students who don't know how to handle all of the drama that is going on in their lives. I would come home from a day at work and not want to think or do anything for the rest of the evening.

But all that is changing. It was about 1.5 years ago that I made a commitment to myself to attend a yoga class once a week. And now I'm hooked. I spend time researching on the internet, I go to classes, I read blogs, I purchased a yoga mat, and now I have purchased books. Lots of books.

Here is my current reading list...plus there are three more in the mail... and a few more that I'm thinking about getting...


Off Topic: Here is a sneak peak for Tim & Anna about a surprise that will come in the next few weeks...