Tag: Reading
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Fog and Ice
In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave. The sun has the appearance of a pauper. Frightful season! Winter changes into…
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A Few Photos and Thoughts
The chances that I will enjoy a movie based on a book I loved reading is similar to the odds of having winter and spring in the same week. Amazingly both occurred this week with an ice storm and temperatures in the 50s and enjoying the movie A Man Called Ove as much as the…
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Hung Up To Dry
I’ll love you till the ocean Is folded and hung up to dry And the seven stars go squawking Like geese about the sky W. H. Auden – As I Walked Out One Evening
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Wonderful Display At My Favorite Bakery
It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J. K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
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The Leaves They Are A-Changin’
For as long as she could remember, she had thought that autumn air went well with books, that the two both somehow belonged with blankets, comfortable armchairs, and big cups of coffee or tea. Katarina Bivald (The Readers Of Broken Wheel Recommend)
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Summer Days Grow Shorter
“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” Jeanette Walls
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Memories of Laughter
The only sound in the lobby on that late Friday evening was the clicking of Gabrielle’s heels as she crossed the marble tile and a wish for a good weekend from the security guard, Derek, as she reached the revolving door. The intensity of the wave of heat that greeted Gabrielle as she exited the…
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Latest Additions To The Bookshelf
When I initially began this blog I was hoping to use my photos for an inspiration to pursue a lifelong dream of writing, but somewhere toward the end of last year my introvert personality took over and said to my writer’s soul that we have heard more from you during this last year than in…
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I’m All Ears
“I prefer listening to talking, reading to socializing, and cozy chats to group settings.” Susan Cain
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The Cycle Of Life
“Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant.” Joan Didion – The Year of Magical Thinking
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