Tag: reading
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: i can’t read :
Most of my time now is devoted to careening. I’ve turned into a freaking pinball. When I get up in the morning I’m as exhausted as when I went to bed. I go though my days as clenched and tight as a fist, every muscle tensed waiting for the punch to land. And land they […]
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: does this happen to you? :
Do inert, lifeless things accost you in public? Those sons of guns buttonhole me all the goddamn time and I’m getting tired of it. Yesterday a book jumped out at me in the library, stopping me dead in my tracks. A woman barreling along with a stroller ran right into me. Hard. These constant shenanigans have […]
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: the promiscuous reader :
Don’t judge. There’s nothing wrong with wanton, indiscriminate reading. It’s absolutely proper and should be encouraged. Libraries do, they’re huge advocates of gratuitous reading. In this pursuit, they will eagerly, if not enthusiastically, aid and abet. They’re brothels for the mind, you know, there to satisfy our curious lust for knowledge. Left to our own […]
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: now they’re waterproof :
Books are lovely, don’t you think? Delightful treasures we keep forever or, on occasion, write heartfelt dedications in and give as gifts. Those gifts become someone else’s treasure and the cycle continues. Books are important. But we’ve no regard for their frangibility. They’re not indestructible, you know. Books are paper and ink, some glue; they’re […]
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: what’s with the party hat? :
You don’t need no stinking party hat. You need a shower cap. It’s Read in the Bathtub Day! Uh-oh, were you expecting a big, fancy gala or something? Look out the window. It’s bleak and it’s wintry and it’s February. You want to go out in that? Are you crazy? Soaking in a hot bath […]
the whirly girl 