#themaytrees

[amusingamati]

The Maytrees

"For a long time they owned no car, no television when that came in, no insurance, no savings. Once a week they heard world news on the radio. They supported striking coal miners' families with cash. They loved their son, Pete, their only child. Between them they read about three hundred books a year. He read for facts, she for transport." The Maytrees Annie Dillard

[dyclibrary-blog]

A sweet story of love, laughter, and happily ever after: http://bit.ly/themaytrees. The perfect beach read!

[theoutlawprocess]

“Lou had long since cut out fashion and all radio but the Red Sox. In the past few years she had let go her ties to people she did not like, to ironing, to dining out in town, and to buying things not necessary and that themselves needed care. She ignored whatever did not interest her. With those blows she opened her days like a pinata. A hundred freedoms fell on her. She hitched free years to her lifespan like a kite tail. Everyone envied her the time she had, not noticing that they had equal time.” - Annie Dillard, The Maytrees