My Readings

Job has been very busy, but I've managed to find a bit of time to read. Mainly historical stuff, but while in Berkeley I managed to finally get my hands on a used copy of Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck. Started it 3 days ago and almost finished, can't put it down! Steinbeck is incrdible. I remember reading Of Mice and Men in high school, but it never left much of an impact. He's one you have to read once life has knocked you around a bit. Wanted to get some more perspective on migrations (seems to be a big interest of mine), and this one was all about the U.S. migrations west during the Great Depression. Was interested in how the melting pot of central California came to be what it is today. Man did those people have it rough. But they never lost their dignity or their work ethic. Their outlook on life was incredible. Here's what really comes across - "there's bad in good people and there's good in bad people". Our lives shape us in many ways; at the end of the day we are just people, imperfect in many ways, trying to figure things out. We never will, but thats what its all about - trying to figure things out.