It’s Furious Balancing

Every year for the past 8-10 years, I’ve given up buying books for Lent, and every Easter Sunday for the past 5-7 years, I’ve gotten up at dawn and logged onto amazon.com to break my fast.

This year’s selections are:

• The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream, by Barack Obama
• How to Cook a Wolf, M. F. K. Fisher
• Something from the Oven: Reinventing Dinner in 1950’s America, Laura Shapiro¹
• Moleskine City Notebook: Seattle²

Every Easter morning after my book buying spree, I sit and write a check for an equivalent amount to a charitable organization. Lent isn’t just about self-denial — it’s about almsgiving. So what, Laiane, if you’ve not bought a book in 40 days; what have you done for other people?

This year, my donation was to Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. ³

Welcome back, Jesus. Pass the Cadbury Creme Eggs.

1. An excellent summary can be found here. [↩]
2. In preparation for my planned summer trip to The Emerald City [↩]
3. If you’re a knitter, please check out Knitters Without Borders/Tricoteuses Sans Frontieres on the Yarn Harlot’s blog. [↩]

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