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Kris and I saved our shekels so we could go back to Italy, and in about two weeks we will be off to Milan. A day in Bellagio in the Lake Cuomo district; then a week in the Cinque Terra. We do our best to keep life on an even keel, so we normally do lots of things in advance. Really, I should say Kris does things in advance and I just keep on doing what I keep on doing. But there is one thing I always do:
\nIf you guessed getting a stack of books ready to put in the suitcase, you got it: that\u2019s about all I really do to get ready. I\u2019ll pack clothes and junk the day or two before but I start thinking about books way in advance. I\u2019ll get to read solidly for about 10 hours on the plane each way: with a little luck, I\u2019ll get some good airport time too. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve got stacked up, and I\u2019ll have to choose from these:
\n $\"Vacation$ <\/a>
\nHeiko Obermann\u2019s book on Martin Luther<\/em>
\nFagan\u2019s new book, Fish on Friday<\/em>
\nMichael Kazim\u2019s book on William Jennings Bryan, A Godly Hero<\/em>
\nLyndall Gordon\u2019s T.S. Eliot<\/em>
\nT.S. Eliot\u2019s Christianity and Culture<\/em>
\nCraveri\u2019s The Age of Conversation<\/em>
\nPhillip\u2019s new book, C.S. Lewis in a Time of War<\/em>
\nAnd a few more not listed \u2026 and a few more I\u2019ll add in the next week or two \u2026 and maybe Joseph Epstein\u2019s book on friendship will appear at the bookstore\u2026 and, and, and\u2026
\nI\u2019ve got to consider turning my attention to Mary pretty soon because I\u2019m scheduled to write a book about Mary next winter.
\nI really ought to take Virgil\u2019s Aeneid<\/em>, but I read it not long ago. I\u2019ll take along Benedict\u2019s Rule<\/em>. How could I not?
\nOthers are stacked up to think about too. So, the hard part of vacation is deciding what to leave behind.
\nVacations like this usually don\u2019t mean lots of reading, but I have a physical symptom that comes from long years of reading and it is an odd one that doctors probably think is psychological, but my psychologist wife thinks is real stuff: I get a headache if I don\u2019t devote some time to reading early in the day. If I go until noon and haven\u2019t read, I\u2019m more than likely to have what we call a \u201cspilting head-etch.\u201d So, I get up early on vacation and get some nice reading time done before Kris gets up.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"