I started it last year, but finished it in 2017. So “Thank You for Being Late” by Thomas Friedman is the first book I read this year. It’s all about how so many aspects of life are speeding up and how that’s affecting people in different ways. I’m not sure that I agree with many of his ideas, but it was an interesting read. I have to say my favorite part of the book was when he described the town in Minnesota that he grew up in. I’m sure everyone didn’t get the same sense of it that he did. But it was nice to hear about a place where different people worked together and weren’t all just looking out for themselves. I like to think that most of the country is still like that, but it’s getting harder and harder to do so. If nothing else, this book got me to go to a neighborhood advisory meeting and join the group. I’m happy about that.

I had another book from the library that I took back after reading about 10 pages. There are too many books that I want to read for me to suffer with one I don’t find interesting. Now I’m reading another book by the same author of the one I just returned. This one is “Thinking in Systems” by Donella Meadows. I’m on page 17 and so far find this one much more interesting.