lost in a world not quite like my everyday world.
It is part of the wonder of reading that ink on paper, or electronically produced words on a small device, can pull a person into a place that becomes very real and vivid in the mind.
Movies are great, and the technology that produces amazing special effects is mind-boggling. Most of the world seems to be hooked up to some sort of digital entertainment these days.
And I don't dislike these modern developments; I appreciate many of them a great deal.
But, for me, they cannot beat falling into the world a good writer creates with words--words that create brilliant mental landscapes. Words that make the world of the book more real than the mundane surroundings of reality.
I come from a reading family. My parents were readers, all six of their children have been readers, and the reading gene has gone through most of their numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
And just because it is one of my all-time favorite photos, I will share this one with you.
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| Jerry reading to Megan when she was about four. They are at Grandma Rose's. |
We are so lucky that our little town had a wonderful library and our mother took us there from an early age. I loved, loved, loved going to the library. Even the smell of books is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAmen! Just the smell of the George Amos Memorial Library stirred my emotions to great anticipation.
DeleteI miss him. I miss Grandma Rose. I even miss the black couch.
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