Better Than Friday - 4 (Patreon)

Book In the pipeline: 

Gustave Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary'. 

I tried to find the one I'm reading on Amazon with the same translator, Adam Thorpe, but could not. 

https://amzn.to/2PI3IRS

Karl Ove Knausgård called this the greatest novel. Bret Easton Ellis listed it as one of his favorites. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zdx1mn87M

Madame Bovary is a story about a married woman who desperately yearns for adventure and escape from a dull small town life. 

What strikes me first off is the meticulous attention Flaubert gave to his writing, so that each word is perfect, constructed so that the sentence feels or sounds like what it describes, if that makes sense. It's almost synesthetic. I'm very impressed, because this is a translation, and it maintains that quality. 

Terrific atmosphere. A great read for the approaching Fall.

A habit I'm pleased with and can recommend:

Walking. 

I love it. I try and walk for an hour every day. 

I do so while either listening to music, answering emails, or listening to podcasts. 

Or, just observing and thinking, which definitely has its own rewards. 

"It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth. "

- Nietzsche

Morning Coffee Song:

This is Bach's Coffee Cantata. He loved coffee so much he wrote a song about it. 

I confess it gives me a goofy pleasant feeling in the morning when enjoying a good strong cup. 

https://open.spotify.com/track/3GHkfOao3Z6dRb9Js4UxhY?si=5e057n65Qg2WryEMzln-5w

A Strange Wikipedia Entry:

A friend of mine told me about Tarrare, the 18th century French showman who ate everything. Not sure of the veracity, but this is one odd, twisted, disgusting, fascinating story. 

Excerpt:

Tarrare would draw a crowd by eating corks, stones and live animals, and by swallowing an entire basketful of apples one after the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare 

Something I'm very grateful for:

This beautiful church in Detroit that I sometimes pass on my walks.