Janet

Sitting around our bookclub brunch table, we all concluded that "Janet" 

was Mr. Rochester's "pet name" for his beloved Jane Eyre.

In a beautiful setting on a lovely fall morning, we talked about a book many of us had first 

read in our younger days. Personally, I found reading it again at this stage of my life was so good.. 

I don't remember being so struck back then with the wonderful nuggets of truth and 

human nature tucked everywhere in the rich writing of Charlotte Bronte.

For example, Helen Burns, Jane's school friend who died too young said to Jane, 

"Life to me is too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrongs."

And, when Mr. Rochester chided a young Jane on advising him, she chimed back with pithy words: 

"I only remind you of your own words, sir: you said error brought remorse, 

and you pronounced remorse the poison of existance."

Our hostess and discussion leader suggested that, "Literature is human experience in written form."

And one can't get much richer literature than digging into the depths of Jane Eyre. 

If nothing else, the shining example of deep and abiding love is something to pause and consider. 

If you haven't read Jane in awhile, I recommend it. We only got through

 half of the book that morning. It's the first book we've read that we've had to call a second 

round of discussion. We're looking now for a date for Part II. We've been having

 our book clubs on Saturdays this year so our friend in Austria (six hours ahead) 

can join us. Can you find her in the photo above?

Lastly, if you take a photo of a shiny carafe, you see yourself in it.

Connecting to Little Red House and Monday Mosaics!