Latest Obsession

I quite often get a bit too enthralled (obsessed perhaps?) in books.  One of my favs is Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes.  I love books.  I love reading them and I love owning them.  I love knowing that there is a great story just waiting for me to read over and over again.  Angela's Ashes is one of the many books that I read every year.  Today I finished another of McCourt's books ''Tis'.  And now I am obsessed with the following things:

• Owning Teacher Man.  I have only read this once.
• Finding photos of Frank's first wife Mike (Alberta) Small.  Help!!!!  Google is not being kind.
• Reading all of the McCourt brother's books.
• Diving in Bali with Malachy McCourt (http://www.divecenterbali.com/instructors/instructors.htm).  This is the son of Frank's brother.
• Visiting Ireland. 
• Reading more!  
• Perhaps teaching more.  And being a nicer teacher.  Oh and making a better effort to teach my own kids!
• And just to go a little AWOL...Freaking Celebrity Apprentice!  What a load of addictive bullshit!! Ha!  

There may be a few things there to add to my list of dreams :)

Frank McCourt as a youngster.  He makes me want to dream and act 'bigger'.

 

 

A bunch of fools.   These people make me feel pretty ok about myself :-P