When you travel, you seem to be open to questions.  Why am I here?  What am I doing?  Why did I select the path I'm following today. 

I love to read in the summer.  I've seemed to develop a "little ritual" to my day.  I get up and do my driving and searching the landscape.  If there is a casino, I'll make my "deposit" and usually visit the buffet.  Late in the evening, I retreat to my RV and spend the wee hours reading - usually with a flashlight with Cali snuggled up beside me.

My latest book is "Our Lady of the Forest," by David Guterson.  (Snow Falling on Cedars)  Here is what one review says:

Our Lady of the Forest is the story of Ann Holmes, a 16-year old girl who has run away from home after repeated rapes by her mother's boyfriend and two abortions. She lives in a tent in the woods, picking mushrooms and living off candy, marijuana, and anti-allergy medication. She's visited by the Virgin Mary who tells her to have a church built in the woods. After word of her visions circulates, crowds begin to assemble in the woods waiting for the spectacle of the next vision. Drawn into the frenzy is Ann's fellow mushroom picker, Carolyn, a local priest, and Tom Cross, an angry man whose life has fallen apart after an accident left his son a quadriplegic. David Guterson's novel tackles themes       of religion, faith, and those who would profit from both.

The novel has me thinking during the day of the characters and how they relate to each other.  Not for the casual reader, this novel makes one think of faith and what it means.