Desktop Retreat

Monday, January 2, 2012

I go back to the reading room, where I sink down in the sofa and into the world of The Arabian Nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporates. I'm alone, inside the world of the story. My favorite feeling in the world.
Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

3 comments:

Evapal said...: Perfect explanation of the joy of reading and the wonders it holds for us.; January 2, 2012 at 1:17 PM
laughingwolf said...: if a tale can't involve me like that, it gets tossed!; January 4, 2012 at 9:43 AM
Trish said...: It's why I love reading! It's my drug of choice ;); January 4, 2012 at 9:36 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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