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. |
