Reading

What brings you peace?

NOT SURE if one can ever fully be at peace and, if so, it is likely to be only a temporary state of mind or condition when there is currently such instability in the world around us. 

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, however, after a tough day at work, I relish silence and tranquillity with a book – a biography or novel. I studied 19th century literature and I still like to read novels from that era. The classics. However, I am a great fan of Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, both of whom I have seen and met (with many others, of course!). I saw Toni at the Edinburgh International Book Festival (ironically, I was also in Edinburgh the year she sadly passed away for a wonderful tribute to her) and Alice, I have seen twice; once at the Cheltenham Book Festival and once at the Barbican Centre, London. Unfortunately, every time Dr Maya Angelou visited London, I seemed to be the last person to know and, naturally, too late to secure tickets. ☹️ I digress. Simple answer? Reading 📖