The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

I went to the bookstore today and loaded up on books. It wasn’t something I needed but I’m very particular when I read and I get in moods and right now I’m in the mood for Jane Austen and I didn’t have any physical copies of her books (I have all her work on Audible). If I’m going to learn to relax and read physical books again I need to read the books I feel like reading. None of the ones I had were appealing to me so I got some that did. Since I just finished Pride and Prejudice, it’s time to start Persuasion which is my favorite of her works.

In addition I got Wuthering Heights because I read that so often and Jane Eyre because I always read that after I read the former. Since I just read Wuthering Heights, it’s time to read Jane Eyre and I have already made a start on it while I was waiting for my husband at the bookstore. I generally read three or four books at the same time because my mood is so changing and I never feel like the same book day after day. Currently I am in the middle of Hollow Kingdom and A Discovery of Witches on Audible and I will add Jane Eyre and Persuasion as the physical books I’m reading.

Some house expenses have cropped up again. First of all there is a rotting fascia outside the bathroom upstairs that needs to be accessed from the roof and replaced. Secondly the hinge to the door of my husband’s office has come away from the wall taking some of the wall with it and needs to be fixed. Then lastly the lock on the back garden gate needs to be re-attached as it is loose. I wish my husband and I were handy as these all seem like jobs you could do pretty easily if you were handy but alas both of us are hopeless when it comes to home repairs so I had to call in a handyman to do them all in January.

When I am in my right mind I think I am a decent judge of character. My friend circle is old and established and I still see people I knew from childhood on a regular basis. When I develop a friendship with someone it’s lifelong.

I say right mind because when I’m not well I get really paranoid and suspicious of everyone and see bad in people where there is none and I isolate because I feel I can’t trust anyone.