The Turquoise Ledge: A Memoir | 
This is so so important. There are several countries in the world, like included,that have a variety of different languages, but governments that insist on the primacy of just one language, which is ridiculous. A diversity of language is to be celebrated.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1.Not for now, but hoping to visit Arizona in October! Very excited!
2. For everyone to turn feminist, for all voters to reject populist fascists, for the 2000 year old caste system to be wiped out from the brain of every indian.
pickA meandering walk in the desert that is a beautiful reflection of the life lived in it. As I also live in the Sonoran Desert, I felt a deep connection to this book and am glad that I own it and can reread it anytime I forget why I live here in the heat. For a full review, please visit my blog:
https://celticbdance.wixsite.com/booksandsympathy/post/the-turquoise-ledge-by-le...
Sometimes early in the morning when I walk the trail the air is cool & faintly scented with rain. Just before the sun rises over the mountains, incandescence floods over the bright greens of the mesquite leaves & jade greens of the tall saguaros. A breeze stirs & there is a silence as it might have been five hundred or a thousand years ago. No sound anywhere in the distance from a train, jet, car or even a dog. Here the desert is as it always was.
A weird personal connection to the author for me. My German Great-grandma was born in Los Lunas, NM. I actually gasped when I read this.
July has not been a good reading month. My second vaccine hit me HARD and I was out for several days. Then my brother went on vacation so I spent a week checking in on my mom every day. Just didn't have much reading time. Now I have 8 days to finish 4 books in order to stay on track. I can do it! I'm starting this memoir about living in the Sonoran desert tonight. I've had it for a few years, so I figured it was time to pick it up.
pickThis unusual memoir is primarily a nonlinear meditation on the author‘s connection to nature. She does weave in her writing, painting, and Native American heritage, though to a small degree. She somehow makes it work, suffusing the narrative with a sense of place, which makes this perfect for #ReadingUSA2019 #Arizona.
I actually saw this book here on Litsy and knew I needed to buy it, especially because it's about the beauty and symbolism of the Sonoran Desert and that's the place I call home. I find the desert to be a very spiritual place and can't wait to dig into this book. #indigenousauthors #junebookbugs
#augustphotochallenge photo 4. Location: Kitchen. Collection: slightly older but still very desirable acquisitions and a small stack of cookbooks. I also walk past these several times a day and get warm feelings.
