It’s been so hot for so long here. Lots of people have been complaining about hot classrooms and hot libraries and just hot. Last night there were some clouds in the sky and I hoped for rain. I went to the supermarket and when I came home, the sky was cloudless again. Each day it is in the 30s. February so far has had an average daily temperature of 31.
I was reading one of my favourite books to my class today “Out of the Dust” by Karen Hesse. On one page it read something like ‘It rained everywhere today but here’ or something like that. I thought, “I know how you feel!”.
Perhaps the swimming carnival will bring rain.
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
This book, written by Margaret Craven, is a truly beautiful book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is the story of a man who works in a remote place with people whose culture is eroding and being absorbed by the wider world. It is just lovely and I highly recommend it.
It is a book that calls you to enjoy it, I thought about it during the busy day and couldn’t wait to get to it. It is a small book, too small – it didn’t last long enough.
Luckily I have a mountain of other great books waiting, or I might be miserable right now having completed it.
PS: There is a movie, so I will look out for it!
Margo Lanagan
I have just completed reading ‘Red Spikes
I read ‘Black Juice