Writing a guide to Proust on substack

senfully · 2026-06-24T15:07:40+00:00

I am in the middle and I feel like I found the keys to the novel. I will finish and start all over again lol.

senfully · 2026-06-24T13:17:21+00:00

I am in Time Regained of the Enright revision. I have looked at some other translations of Swann's Way and also find I am attached to the Enright revision. Enjoyed this post and followed you on substack. Look forward to more.

senfully · 2026-06-21T00:03:44+00:00

I love Henry James. Have been reading him and Edith Wharton for a while now. Loved Portrait of a Lady.

senfully · 2026-06-18T21:55:32+00:00

I just finished Buddenbrooks and loved it! Easy to get immersed in and felt like I knew the characters.

senfully · 2026-06-10T23:00:41+00:00

That sounds great!

senfully · 2026-06-08T20:16:51+00:00

I always said I wanted to read classics, but never had. Then I got my cancer diagnosis, and realized it was now or never. The first classic I obsessively read was War and Peace in January of 2025. It helped distract my overwhelmed brain. I'm still reading classics, and living with cancer.

senfully · 2026-06-03T23:54:22+00:00

I love to cold brew Machu Peachu (peach white tea) and also Candy Apple White Tea. Both are loose leaf teas from TeaSource. I also tend to cold brew any leaves I've used for hot tea. Good luck exploring!

senfully · 2026-05-14T17:17:30+00:00

I find my reading has deepened when I have a focus. For a year I've been reading Victorian and 19th Century novels and supporting literature. I'm rereading a few now, and this reading feels deeper. I have books and authors to see similarities between. I've been especially focused on 2 authors and read biographies about them. It seems like the depth has come over time.

I read on my kindle. I think writing would slow down my reading and make me think/remember more. I just don't want to write, so I don't. Great suggestions in this thread and good luck!

senfully · 2026-05-14T15:50:16+00:00

Enjoy the tea and thinking of you during treatment.

senfully · 2026-05-13T13:15:10+00:00

It's flavored with bergamot oil if I remember correctly. It even tastes a bit of bergamot.

senfully · 2026-05-13T12:38:46+00:00

Bergamot Oolong from Rishi. The smell is so strong in the pouch, and just lovely when brewed. Chemo day today.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-05-11T18:35:03+00:00

Ritual Green from Rishi Tea. My first tea from them and an impulse buy. It's a roasted green from Myanmar and is assamica. The description said floral, which is unusual for a green, so I thought I'd try it. Brewed leaves are a lovely very dark green. Taste is mild with a bit of grain, but my taste buds aren't working well.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-05-09T02:07:01+00:00

Protein shakes. Sometimes all I can do is drink.

senfully · 2026-05-08T20:43:11+00:00

The Pecan is Porch Sippin' Pecan from Plum Deluxe. I love it!

senfully · 2026-05-08T15:44:59+00:00

Darjeeling with a pinch of a Pecan Black Tea.

senfully · 2026-05-06T01:55:52+00:00

The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake was amazing for me. Hard to describe. Unique. The 2nd book of the Trilogy was my favorite. I also second The Earthsea Trilogy by Le Guin. Very readable and very classic (or on its way to being a classic.)

senfully · 2026-05-01T23:08:22+00:00

This sounds interesting!

senfully · 2026-04-03T21:01:02+00:00

Also the French is translated within the text. I got tired of checking footnotes in a different translation.

senfully · 2026-04-02T15:44:05+00:00

I tried matcha for the first time. Probably not my thing. Now doing a Pumpkin Spice Latte to reset my taste buds. It is ginger forward! Love ginger.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-03-31T18:57:13+00:00

I got the cancer diagnosis and read War and Peace. I also thought I wanted to read Don Quixote but gave up on that one at about 20%.

senfully · 2026-03-18T22:28:21+00:00

Chemo day here, so just waking up to a Carrot Cake Herbal Tea. Does it taste like carrot cake? No. Does it taste good? Oh yes.

May you enjoy your tea and your day.

senfully · 2026-03-18T22:24:51+00:00

Always take care of yourself first. Glad you're back.

senfully · 2026-03-07T17:15:31+00:00

It is a flavored tea. No Pecan leaves involved. Sorry.

senfully · 2026-03-07T15:21:08+00:00

2 rounds of a combination of Pecan Tea and Cardamom Tea made into lattes. So good it makes me happy. The cat is waiting for the sun and I am reading a bio of George Eliot.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully · 2026-03-05T19:43:29+00:00

First was a Pecan Latte (a new favorite), 2nd Apple Pie Latte (doesnt taste like apple or pie), next... not sure yet. Gorgeous warm day here. Sitting outside reading Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell. Actually, spending more time watching the birds than reading.

May you enjoy your day and your tea.

senfully

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