What I've been reading

Free Time! from clock-watching to free-flowing, a Buddhist guide
by Vajragupta Staunton

"Investigating our experience of time, and considering our relationship with it, can be deeply and powerfully transformative. Noticing the feel and texture of our time can help us see more clearly, and understand more profoundly, the anxiety and restlessness that so often dominates our minds."

The latest book from my favourite Buddhist writer, and he doesn't disappoint. A fascinating delve into concepts of time, with just enough science to satisfy me that it isn't all just hokum and just enough Buddhist thinking to keep me interested.

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

by Henry Fielding

"A foundling brought up by Mr. Allworthy on his country estate, Tom Jones is deeply in love with the seemingly unattainable Sophia Western, the beautiful daughter of the neighbouring squire - though he sometimes succumbs to the charms of the local girls."

This is a really long book, and what with all the volunteering and other things I've been doing it's taken weeks to finish.  Fielding took two years to write it (1746-8), and despite the 18th century language and references it's more accessible than some later works I've read recently. Of course it does go on a bit, and I won't be reading it again, but it's not bad.