housekeeping....

ok, so book club is in 3 weeks, and rather than rereading our selection (gilead), to be hosted at our house...i am reading marilynne robinson's first novel....housekeeping.......a book that i bought at a goodwill last friday........i was thrilled to snatch it, as i was aware that she had a previous novel....and a 50 cent book in the hand is always more desirable than a 5 buck book bought on-line.......this novel is quite unexpected, and i appreciate that in a work of literature.....i don't want to be able to see where the plot is going....and certainly don't want to anticipate comings and goings...i must admit, to be perfectly honest, that i read the reviews of the movie made of this book...starring christine lahti......and so when i read of sylvie, the dysfunctional maiden aunt who steps up to the plate to raise the dysfunctional orphaned nieces.....it is as if i was watching a movie in my mind......and i find pleasure in this arrangement....i can see myself sitting in a flooded home, in my stuffed armchair...thinking about everything about the here-and-now......and it is a pleasant diversion for all that i could worry about/feel guilt about...at this very moment i am ignoring a request from my church to give write a 2-3 paragraph statement of faith on the topic of stewardship......i task that i cannot do for fear of death by lightening-bolt strike....yet i have not emailed back with a reply yey or ney......as much as i can surmise, housekeeping deals with both the physical as well the as the emotional clutter that swirls around us.....i'd give my left kidney to unload my worries........which is why i cannot write the requested statement...because i would have to admit that i am not 100% on-board the soul train in question........that i have my doubts...that i believe that there are other folks living well in the world who believe things in complete contrast to how my church see things.......ah well......i am not yet through with this book, written by a current faculty member at the iowa writer's workshop...the mecca for creative writers.......i want to savor the ending.....i might be able to linger over this culmination until book club.....