Desktop Retreat

Monday, September 19, 2011

Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them.
Arnold Lobel

3 comments:

Tracy said...: Sounds familiar! (Apart from the long beard bit :)); September 20, 2011 at 3:07 AM
Trish said...: haha - yeah, the beard.; September 20, 2011 at 9:25 AM
Deb Nance at Readerbuzz said...: One of my favorite quotes!; September 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM

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Guerrilla Reading

Turn off the TV

Turn off the computer

Turn off the game console

Always have a book with you to read ~

~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

~at the cottage (dock, hammock, screen porch)

~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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