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TV -The Good Wife (Channel 4)
Overview: This is a legal drama which stars
Julianna Margulies as Alicia Florrick, the wife
of a disgraced politician who after playing the
dutiful wife and mother for thirteen years decides to return to practice law. In the first season she starts at the bottom of the ladder and
subsequent seasons chart her progress up the
ladder.
Why I love it: I love Margulies portrayal of Alicia Florrick in this show. She’s both strong and
vulnerable at the same time. She also has a bit
of a dark side to her as well which we see more
of the higher she climbs the business ladder.

Image © Penguin Books, 1988

The problem with many other shows I what is
that they invest so much into the central character it is to the detriment of the supporting
cast. Not so with the Good Wife which has a
solid cast of regulars and a great rotating cast
of minor characters like the fiendishly brilliant
Michael J Fox as a duplicitous lawyer who is not
above using his disability to win a case or two.

Lose yourself to the draw of the bow

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From wife and mother to legal professional

Book -Zen and the Art of Archery
Overview: This book is the result of the author’s
six year quest to learn archery in the hands of
Japanese Zen masters. It is an honest account
of one man’s journey to complete abandonment of ‘the self’ and the Western principles
that we use to define ourselves. Professor Herrigel imparts knowledge from his experiences
and guides the reader through physical and
spiritual lessons in a clear and insightful way.
Yes I nicked that blurb from Amazon.
Why I love it: I read this back when I was
many, many years younger and on first reading thought it was just a kind of martial arts
training book. I had no idea that I was being
exposed to the idea of Zen. Although a lot of it
went over my head on that first reading there