Can We Talk 2

It Won't Hurt To Read A Book

         Wouldn't it be great to have no responsibilities for a week and be surrounded by lots of books?

         I know it's just a fantasy. Unless you're rich and have someone to clean your surroundings and prepare dinner. But I could live on cereal or peanut butter for a while. I can live with dust! But few of us live just for ourselves. We have jobs and people who need us to do our share of the work.

         I keep a book and reading glasses on my exercise bike. I kill two birds with one stone. Yeah, I probably do each a little sluggishly until I remember to rev it up. I have an upstairs book and a downstairs book. And magazines are everywhere. I hate to give books away. I know people who pass on books once they read them. I have a hard time doing that unless I didn't like the book.

         With books, a vacation is only a few minutes away. Worlds from another time are at your fingertips. I once had a woman tell me rhR I knew an awful lot. Just how did I know about so many things? I couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic. I don't think I was being a know-it-all. I wanted to tell her to pick up a book once in a while, and she'd know some things, too. But I refrained.

         Buying new books is so easy online. For 99 cents you can get an e-book. There are so many to choose from. I have to refrain from looking at the ads and the daily new lists. Some women are suckers for new shoes. Some of us just pine for books.