Happiness Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy from Around the World

Did you know that I'm obsessed with happiness? That it makes me happy to read about happiness? 

I was delighted to find this book in a recent Daedalus Books order. I happily ordered it.

It's Happiness Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy from Around the World. The author, Tim Lomas, has been studying words about happiness for many years. The book is an illustrated dictionary of Lomas' favorite one hundred words that relate to happiness from all around the globe. Lomas divides the happiness words into three basic categories: feelings, relationships, and personal development.

Here are my favorites.

Friluftsliv.

Norwegian - free-loofts-leev.

Engaging and living in tune with nature.

Sprezzatura.

Italian - spritz-uh-toor-uh.

Nonchalant effortlessness.

Hugfanginn.

Icelandic - hoo-fung-gin.

To be enchanted and enthralled by someone or something.

Eudaimonia. 

Greek - yoo-de-moe-nee-uh.

Cultivating and experiencing deep forms of well-being.

Kintsugi.

Japanese - kin-tsu-gee.

Metaphorically, finding value, meaning, and even beauty

in our vulnerability and flaws.

Dadirri.

Ngangiwumirr - duh-dir-rree.

A deep, spiritual act of reflective and respectful listening.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where you can share new words that you’ve encountered, or spotlight words you love.  Feel free to get creative! It was first created by Kathy over at Bermuda Onion and is now hosted at Elza Reads. 

...1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10! Books with Numbers in the Title

I easily found books I have read with numbers in the title. During my research into books-I-have-read-with-numbers-in-the-title, I found other cool number-ish things:

Book with the Biggest Number in the Title:

Millions by Frank Cottrell Boyce

Book with the Smallest Number in the Title:

The Queen of Nothing

Book with a Date in the Title:

Vintage 1954 by Antoine Laurain

Book with a Time in the Title:

The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel

Book with a Percentage in the Title:

10% Happier by Dan Harris

Book with Money in the Title:

Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for the American Dream

Book with a Fraction in the Title:

9 1/2 Narrow

A Book with Just Numbers in the Title:

4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster

A Book with a Street Address in the Title:

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

Book with the Most Numbers in the Title:

Queen of the Road:  The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own

Book with a Number Joke in the Title:

7 Ate 9 

Famous Books with Numbers in the Title:

1984, Catch-22, Fahrenheit 451

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.

A Glossary of Joy; How to Cook a Wolf; Eager to Love; and a Wonderful Party for Our New Granddaughter

 

Bailey's photo with her dad is just to the right of center in the family gallery

It was a busy week. We delighted in getting to know our new 17-year-old granddaughter, Bailey, at the party we held for her (all of us have been vaccinated) over Labor Day weekend. Bailey is kind, smart, and beautiful. She will be graduating from high school next May, and she plans to study education or something in the medical field in college. "It really doesn't matter to me what I do," she told us, "as long as I can help others." Wow. We eagerly made plans to get together again as soon as we can. 

How to Cook a Wolf, a book food writer M.F.K. Fisher first published during World War II, is filled with ideas on ways to cook great meals during the days of rationing during the war. Eager to Love is spiritual author Richard Rohr's book about the life and legacy of Francis of Assisi. Now I can't stop looking for more books about Francis. I'm always on the lookout for books about happiness, and I was charmed by Happiness Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy From Around the World. Author Tim Lomas shares one hundred of his favorite words about happiness in other languages with us. One of our book club members asked me to read The Journal of Mrs Pepys and see if I agreed with her that it would be a good book for the club. The book is based on the diary kept by Samuel Pepys from 1660 to 1669, but the story is told from the point of view of Samuel Pepys. Do I think it would be a good book for the club? Definitely.

Click on the link to read my complete review: 

Eager to Love: The Alternate Way of Francis of Assisi by Richard Rohr (Spirituality)  ⭐⭐⭐⭐

How to Cook a Wolf by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Nonfiction)  ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Happiness Found in Translation: A Glossary of Joy from Around the World by Tim Lomas (Happiness)  ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Journal of Mrs Pepys by Sara George (Historical Fiction) ⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Gastronomical Me by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Nonfiction)

Saint Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton (Spirituality)

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley (Fiction)

The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher (Food Nonfiction)

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (Classic)

Good Thing #1

Bailey with my husband and me.

Good Thing #2

My son and his wife and three kids.

Good Thing #3

My dad and Bailey.

I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:

• What was your week like?
• Read any good books? Tell us about them.
• What other bookish things did you do? 
• What else is going on in your life?

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