I can't remember why... but I was looking up the works of Ursula Le Guin the other day. I had picked up an Earthsea book in Jr High, but I couldn't get into it for some reason. Perhaps it was over my head... After all, my preferred genre was the Black Stallion series at that time.
So, I looked up some Earthsea books, and bemoaned their lack of availability on the Kindle. Of course the public library has them. So, I pencil in Earthsea on my unwritten mental list of stuff to read.
A few days later, on the way home from work, I stumble into a fascinating interview on the BBC. The subject is an aged female author. I listened with interest, especially when the interviewer tries to pry out information about the author's translation of Lao Tzu. I am drawn in by the discussion of Taoism, Lao Tzu's subversiveness, and the non-religious qualities of the philosophy. I stay in the parked car in front of my house listening to find out who this author is, just to be certain. But, I already know. Fate does this to me frequently. It is Ursula Le Guinn.
Her book on Taoism is available at the library just up the hill from me. I will have to fetch it soon. Today perhaps.
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