Rebecca

Here's the superb Rebecca Solnit talking about landscape and politics.

and here's a great little piece on finding time.

I was reminded of the latter when I was listening to a great radio show that has an eclectic selection of music (Radio 3's 'The Late Junction'); I listen to it mainly for the sheer surprise of finding something unexpected, novel, beautiful, and for the quietness of one and half hours of music.

And my friend said something interesting: you're merely "fishing"; that's of no use, you should be able to download it there and then, if you know what you like. Of course, I'm greatly drawn to that myself-if I read a review of a book I usually think: got to have it, amazon...or if I come to know of an interesting article: click, download, and print without a second thought.

But then the old Kashmiri laziness kicks in; still want to browse aimlessly through a book and a bookshop (especially second-hand ones); still want to read an actual book and not a print-out, listen to an LP or CD rather than something on the computer, and still a massive distrust toward googling, wikipedia, credit cards, mobile phones, having a million tracks on a machine smaller than a Kit Kat.