Another week of winter

Not forecast to get out of the thirties for the next week.  I hate it.  Today snow (OK, it was pretty), sun, and wind.  Not fun shoveling, but I did it.  Schlepped all of my stuff to the library but an hour will pass and I won't have time to USE any of my stuff. 

I DID throw out one bag of trash today and took one box of stuff to the donation store.  I SHOULD feel some sense of accomplishment but I just feel overwhelmed.  Trying to part with anything which has fallen to the floor.  Also, I found a box of stuff which said "too small, 2001".  So, I just got rid of it.  It was somewhat painful, but I am overwhelmed with clothes, papers, books, etc. 

I guess I should return this book, since I am in the library from which it came.  However,  I will miss it when the book club discussion comes around.  Galileo's daughter : a historical memoir of science, faith and love, by Dava Sobel.  I admit I wasn't very enthusiastic about reading this book as we just got done with another historical book and I am not that wild about science.   The book was pretty interesting and it was amazing how scientists were punished for coming up with theories which disagreed with the Bible.  Galileo's eldest daughter lived in a convent not far from where he lived in Florence.  He placed her there when she was 13.  Suor Maria Celeste wrote many beautiful letters to her father and they were both involved in each other's lives, even if from afar.  Hard to believe that someone would know enough about a topic to consider writing a book called, Discourse on bodies that stay atop water or move within it.  Galileo's contention that the earth moved around the sun was the cause of much distress for him as the Bible contradicts that theory and states that "Thou fixed the Earth upon its foundation, not to be moved foerever".  Because of his theories, he was brought before the Inquisition and had to live out his life under house arrest.  He and his daughter sent each other different types of birds that they liked to eat and she was his constant supporter.   Galileo Galilei lived from 1564 to 1642.  His clash with Catholic doctrines continues to define the schism between science and religion.