Desktop Retreat

Monday, February 10, 2014

That I could find company and consolation and hope in an object pulled almost at random from a bookshelf - felt akin to an instance of religious grace.

~Jonathan Franzen, How to Be Alone

2 comments:

Connie said...: It is an amazing feeling the way a book can take you away from the real world for a while.; February 10, 2014 at 10:07 AM
Trish said...: Amazing, yes :); February 12, 2014 at 9:28 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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