“The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods.”
The sun was shining while we were having a small snow shower earlier. It was kind of pretty. I stood at the door and watched as if I haven’t had enough snow already this winter. I think, though, it was the gentleness of this snow which drew me to watch. The flakes were wispy and tiny. The storm lasted but a heartbeat. Clouds took over, but the sun is breaking through them, and the day is brightening again. I’d like some sun.
I have decided that getting older has given me the right to even greater creature comfort. When I was younger, I tolerated extremes of heat and cold. Now I crank up the thermostat in winter and turn on the air-conditioner in summer. I stay in warm cozy clothes on the coldest of days and hunker down at home. My meals are a mishmash of whatever is in the house. Rice Krispies aren’t just for breakfast any more and adding a banana raises that cereal to new heights. Yesterday I had a messy grilled cheese sandwich, comfort food at its best. I added avocado and bacon. That sandwich was like manna from heaven. I don’t know what is on the menu for today, but I do have a couple of sweet potatoes and some pastrami so maybe a sort of hash.
I started reading the Stephen King. It is fine for downstairs reading, but because of its size, the book is unwieldy for reading in bed so I’ll have to choose a new upstairs book. When I worked and drove more, I also had a car book which doubled as my lunch time book. On long trips, I listened to an audio book. That always made the time go so much faster. I remember trips to Europe in the summer and trading books with other backpackers. I also remember trying to find the only English language bookstore in some cities; Quito was one of them. When I went to Ghana, I filled my iPad with e-books, and I read several of them while I was there. I do love the feel of a real book, but sometimes a real book is not practical and travel is one of those times. My iPad is right up there at the top of my packing list, and I doubt anything will unseat it as number one.
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February 9, 2014 at 2:31 pm
I’ve never been able to listen through an audio book, my mind tends to go elsewhere and suddenly half the book is read and I have absolutely now idea where >I stopped listening. It’s even worse in a car since there are so many interesting things to look at 🙂
I tried to bring Doctor Sleep to bed but as You say, it’s just too big. Dune is better but I need my concentration when I read it and that’s a bit hard because I usually get very sleepy as soon as I’m under the blanket 🙂
Not much sunshine today but warm and very windy. The beavers are still alive, I saw signs of them today and most of the snow is gone now. I’m so glad the arctic cold air decided to visit You this winter 🙂
Have a great day!
Christer.
February 9, 2014 at 2:43 pm
Christer,
I am usually traveling on a highway which has no scenery so I can usually pay attention to the book. I would probably start yawning and getting bored without the book to lee me attentive.
Even though I bought the book, I’m thinking of downloading the e-book of Doctor Sleep so I can read it. My house gets cold at night as I turn the temperature down, and upstairs, being a third floor, is always c older than downstairs so y hands get cold while I’m reading. I keep chaining hands to warm them up.
I’m not glad for the arctic air, but I am glad the beavers are still alive. I just came back from the dump, and it wasn’t too bad as there isn’t a wind today. It was really crowded as the dump is closed the next two days.
Enjoy your evening!!
February 9, 2014 at 3:23 pm
Who would have thought back then, that you can have thousands of books and songs on a fingernail-sized memory card now.
I love real books, but I prefer (library) audio books at night, it’s more practical and far better than counting sheep. Preferably Scandinavian crime stories, but recently I’ve listened to some 1950/60s “Paul Temple” radio dramas by Francis Durbridge again. They are quite funny. British pre-Beatles times.
February 9, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Birgit,
I remember toting books from the library when I was young and how much I loved going every week. In Ghana I had tons of time to read, and I did. There were no TV’s, I didn’t have a radio and my town didn’t have a movie theater though they’d show the worst films ever every now and then at a local bar. My town did have a library and volunteers always had books to trade. I would never have imagined I could bring so many books on that iPad and watch movies and so much more.
February 9, 2014 at 4:10 pm
Hi Kat,
I remember a sun snow shower (snun shower?).The flakes were very very tiny and they glittered like micro diamonds as they fell. It didn’t last very long but it was magical while it did.
I turned up the heat yesterday, too. Three whole degrees! It’s fine in here now in spite of the chilly exterior.
It came to me the other day that I wanted to reread The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in real book version. So I went up to Scary Room 2 to fetch them. After surveying the amount of decluttering I would have to do to get to the closet that contains them, I went back downstairs and pulled The Hobbit up on my ereader. 😀 Maybe I will pick away at that room at a later date.
The sun was out most of the day but finally succumbed to the clouds. I should have gone out on a resupply mission but just didn’t want to be out in the cold. Pizza shall be delivered, I think.
Enjoy the evening.
February 9, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Hi Caryn,
Exactly-that’s how it looked this morning. I expect ted to see fairies dressed in glittering outfits tapping with their wands, a bit of Susie Snowflake.
I’m warm today, but I just couldn’t get warm yesterday until the heat was put up.
I read those when I was in Africa. They were pocketbooks in my PC book locker. I read them twice.
The sun was here for only a short while and we had a cloudy, cold day. I went to the dump but it wasn’t as cold as usual as there was no breeze. Gracie was glad for the ride.
Enjoy your pizza!
February 9, 2014 at 8:27 pm
This afternoon I stepped off an airplane at Miami International Airport under partly cloudy skies and 75 degree temperature. Now I understand why hotel rooms here are so expensive in February and why so many seniors spend the winter months here. I haven’t been in South Florida and Miami for many years and I’m amazed how this has become a bilingual city. This is the only part of the country where one has to travel north to get to the South. 🙂
I’m sitting here watching the tribute to the Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. It’s hard to believe it’s been fifty years. Where has the time gone? When they sang the words ‘Will you still love me when I’m 64″ I thought that my 64th year would never come.
February 9, 2014 at 8:58 pm
Bob,
I have only two friends who go south for the winter; one leaves after Christmas. The rest of us just hunker down.
I haven’t ever been to Florida, haven’t ever wanted to either.
I too am sitting and watching The Beatle tribute and am enjoying it. When I’m 64 seemed to be years and years away for me too. Now I’m older than that1
February 9, 2014 at 9:40 pm
You and I are both over 64. I’m shooting for 104. All those shots of the girls who were screaming in the audience that night looked so very young. In their interviews for this show today they looked like us. Blame it on too much good food, not enough exercise and gravity.
February 9, 2014 at 9:58 pm
Bob,
I really enjoyed the then and now pictures of those audience members. I remember wishing I were there.
Amazing we were that young once.