Desktop Retreat

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

I had no books at home. I started to frequent a public library in Lisbon. It was there, with no help except curiosity and the will to learn, that my taste for reading developed and was refined.
~Jose Saramago

4 comments:

Beth said...: An inspiring tale from an inspiring author.; September 18, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Trish said...: Yes, indeed!; September 18, 2012 at 12:28 PM
laughingwolf said...: i forget who, but another superb writer educated himself the same way, in nyc :); September 20, 2012 at 1:07 AM
Trish said...: I love stories of people who are self-educated. So cool!; September 20, 2012 at 8:18 AM

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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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