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I know poetry and prose are always talked about separately but to me they always feel like one. Like many #writers this also shows Woolf's work. #PoetryMatters #vision

This is an extract from this month‘s #VirginiaBloomsberries , Woolf talks about the process of writing but I think this applies to many things, where we start of with an idea but the end product is not what we had quite envisioned but somehow we still find a way to carry on.

I love Frank Bruni‘s nonfiction. This was a lovely and thoughtful meditation on aging, illness and disability, resilience, what matters in life - all the things. Really enjoyed it.

Thank you, @TrishB! 😘😘😘

Not only an addition to the #YellowNFShelf, but also a book about my greatest fear. I suppose it's not only my greatest fear. Looking forward to reading it. 😘
Also appreciate that both books have 'seeing' as a common theme. 😉 Cassandra has been on my TBR for a while. 😁

Quarterly appointment with my Retinal specialist today, which is practically an all day thing due to travel, needing to have lunch so I don‘t starve, and DC traffic.
The vision in my left eye is as above, due to a retinal tear - I lost my reading spot in that eye as well, so I can only read with my right eye.
The good news is that both eyes are stable right now, and I can relax for another four months. Yay!

A great introspective reflection on blindness, disability, and aging.

(Last night at work - seems fitting for the title of this book.). I really enjoyed the audiobook. Bruni talks about the experience of losing his sight and what he has learned from it. I think readers who are older or have long-term medical issues would appreciate what he has to say. Bruni gives wonderful examples of folks who manage to do amazing things with and despite their own setbacks. I may check in with this one again as I continue to age.

Listening to both of these audios. Moving between the lovely sound of Bruni‘s voice to Harvey‘s deep gravelly voice is quite the transition!

So cliche

Few things are scarier than suddenly losing your sight, which happened to Bruni when he had a rare stroke in one eye. This is the story of him coming to terms with this loss (+ a failed relationship + his dad‘s dementia). It was a lot to handle in a single year, but people reached out to him after his NYT columns, and he interviewed several for this book. His disability made him appreciate more the invisible difficulties lots of people face.