Desktop Retreat

Monday, February 11, 2013

It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext.

~Leslie What, Crazy Love

Connie said...: Cool!; February 11, 2013 at 7:49 PM
Trish said...: I know, right? It's lines like this that make me love literature. A good writer can produce magic out of words. I love it.; February 12, 2013 at 4:08 PM

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

~ . . . ?