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Friday, March 22, 2013

Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.
~Paul Auster

3 comments:

Connie said...: Reading has always been an escape for me too--one of the best.; March 22, 2013 at 3:36 PM
HeidiInHolland said...: This is so true! I use reading or handwork as a form of pain relief even. I suffer from chronic pain and it really helps to get lost in a good book.

Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi; March 23, 2013 at 4:28 AM
Trish said...: Reading has so many therapeutic benefits, doesn't it?!; March 29, 2013 at 8:20 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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