There has been rain. Quite a lot of rain. And the temperature has been dropping. But it’s still good to get out and appreciate the beautiful place we live. Here around Burnaby Mountain, there is a lot of green. And trails for walking. Nature to be enjoyed up close. I did that on the weekend, meeting a friend to walk at Barnet Marine Park. When I got home, I was happy to settle down with a blanket and tea and, of course, a book.
This is reading weather.
What are you reading? I’ve got several books on the go right now, one of which is Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk about Race. Like Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi’s Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, it is not a comfortable book. But both are important.
I chose to have ‘Mountain Read Around the World’, to help us learn about and gain some understanding of others, through stories from people around the world. These two books are teaching me about how life is for others who live where I do; many families have been in North America as long as, or longer than, my family, but their experience of life has been and continues to be so different than mine. This is knowledge and understanding that I need, that we all need.