I have never read Hemingway. <\/p>\n
Oh, a short story here and there but never a concerted effort, like Clarke, whose writing I have read in whole, down to laundry receipts and napkin doodles. <\/p>\n
No, I’ve never read hemingway for the same reason I never visited Australia, though I’ve had chance to do so. <\/p>\n
I was afraid to be caught up. I liked the few little things I read, not intensely, but enough. And I knoew that there was a finite amount to be had. And I knew that once I started, I wouldn’t stop. <\/p>\n
Africa has made me change that. I’m reading The Green Hills, and will try to make it last until the flight lands in Ndola. And I won’t read anything but the label on my toothpaste while I’m there. I have a journal which I may transcribe here, or I may just mail around to friends to read. <\/p>\n
One way or another, I’ve just made a turning down a road I chose not to travel years ago, and I’m excited to feel the road beneath my feet. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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