The pleasures of leisure

@ Lawson Park, Mudgee

With the current hot weather it seems better to indulge in leisure rather than work. It's certainly too hot for me to progress my garden plans apart from mowing in the morning and evening when it is cool enough to give it a go. The recent rain has the grass growing very rapidly so I have to keep on top if it.

A book I have read recently

The Pleasures of Leisure by Robert Dessaix.  I enjoy personal essays in particular those by Kate Llewellyn and Helen Garner.  I find Robert Dessaix a bit pretentious but I liked the idea of this topic so gave it a go.  It was a fairly enjoyable to read through his meandering thoughts on doing nothing (hard to do); doing something and nothing at the same time (e.g. reading); doing more something than nothing (e.g going for a walk); nesting (e.g. housework and gardening, clearly he is a man to consider this leisure); grooming (e.g. taking a bath); competitive play (e.g. team sports), non competitive play (eg. hobbies)