Reading Wednesday has new glasses

[redbird]

Recently read:

So Far So Good: Final Poems 2014-2018, by Ursula Le Guin. As the subtitle says, this is Le Guin's last book of poetry, finished just before she died; death was definitely on her mind here, especially in the last section. It's good, but either not as good as other poetry that I've read (none of it in the last couple of years), or -- likely -- death just isn't what I want to read about right now.

(The new glasses are drugstore reading glasses, while I wait for my eyes to finish healing post-surgery and can get a new eyeglass prescription. For most purposes, my uncorrected vision is now better than my corrected vision a year ago, but for reading and other close work I need glasses, and will be glad when I can get prescription glasses that correct for the astigmatism.)

Comments

[carbonel]

When I needed a new lens after cataract surgery, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my insurance covered new lenses for vision changes due to surgery (or disease) at 100%.

No idea if it'll be the same for you, but it's worth checking if you have any vision coverage to start with.

[otter]

LeGuin was quite influential in my younger years, and I recently read some of her later works.