33 years ago

So, George Orwell's book 1984 was written in 1948 and published in 1949.  It is a futuristic novel about what life would be like once socialist/communist policies take over our lives.

I didn't graduate high school until 1988, so I guess this book wasn't required as much as reading when I was in high school.  Obviously, we weren't so close to reaching the sort of disturbing life portrayed in Orwell's novel by 1984, when I was learning what high school was all about.

Isn't it odd that I have only now forced myself to choke it down?  And yes, it was quite a choke.  Sheesh!

Personally, I think it's effective days are over.  But still, it's odd how some of the circumstances in that novel are rather....disturbing.

I need to ponder it a bit.  I'm just not philosophical enough to get it right away.  Give me time.

The Lord God Made Them All

Well, here it is well into March, and I am still not finished reading the 2nd book of the year to my kids.  Ah well.  It's still more than I did last year!

We are over half way through James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small. I decided to read it with a British accent, and thanks to high school drama classes, I only sound a little ridiculous.

I had forgotten how amusing Herriot's writing is!