Addicted to Reading: Reasons 20 - 26

 

20.       “Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.” —Anna Quindlen How Reading Changed My Life

21.       “Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people’s ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.” — Roberto Bolaño, 2666

22.       “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” —Groucho Marx

23.       “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” —Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature

24.       “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” —Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

25.       “Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

26.       “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” —Frederick Douglass

Addicted to Reading: Reasons 14 - 19

14.       “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.” —Joyce Carol Oates

15.       “It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.” —John Waters

16.       “To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” — W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You

17.       “Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.” —Jane Smiley, Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Novel

18.       “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” —Lemony Snicket, Horseradish

19.       “You will be transformed by what you read.” —Deepak Chopra

Addicted to Books: Reasons 8 - 13

8.       “The world was hers for the reading.” —Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

9.       “Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” —Joseph Addison “I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.” —Margaret Atwood

10.       “I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.” —Margaret Atwood

11.       “Read. Read. Read. Just don’t read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.” —R.L. Stine

12.       “Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” — Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

13.       “Reading can be dangerous.” —Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

Addicted to Books: Reasons 1 - 7

This week, I'm going to share something in a slightly different way.  I came across an article titled "33 Reasons Why You’re Addicted to Books."  Instead on inundating you with all  33 reasons in one post, I am going to use the week to share a handful at a time.  So, here are the first seven reasons (quotes):

1.       “People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.” —Logan Pearsall Smith

2.       “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.” —James Baldwin

3.       “Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.” —Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

4.       “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” —Groucho Marx

5.       “I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.” —J.K. Rowling

6.       “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.” — Franz Kafka

7.       “You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they’ve been read…” —Keri Hulme, The Bone People

Chilling Out

This summer when it got so hot, a woman in Missouri started putting bowls of ice out for the squirrels in her yard. This little guy was so grateful, he fell asleep cooling off on top of one.

I'm not a big squirrel fan but I thought this was interesting.  That is one tired little guy.  I know the heat can get to all of us, human or animal.  Though I have never really thought about the effects of soaring temperatures on rodents, dogs, yes, rodents, no.  No matter what, they are all God's creatures and we should probably consider how much the extreme heat effects them too.

A Prayer For You

May you be truly blessed this day.

I know you are in my heart and my prayers.

Best Friends

Laughter.

Honesty.

Support.

Celebratory.

and Love us.

That pretty much sums it up.

Cheers to all of you! 

Dog Rules

 

Hmmm...these seem to be the rules at my house.  How did this happen?  I must be one gullible doggie mama!  Lord have mercy.

Let's Go For a Ride

I'm sitting here thinking about the people who have gone in and out of my life.  Some stayed for a while, others only briefly.  And then there are those whom I hold near and dear to my heart, who have stuck the course and are there no matter what, and who will share the road of life with me until the engine dies, the tires go flat, and we simply run out of gas.  I love them dearly and can't wait to jump back into the car with them.  They make the journey worth every hill, or speed bump, or hole we barrel through.  Thank you for being you, for sticking with me, and loving me no matter what.

Say It Isn't So

 

James Garner was one of my favorite actors.  Movies like The Notebook and Murphy's Romance were among my favorites, as was the hit television series The Rockford Files.  It was sad to learn of his passing this past Saturday at the young age of 86.  He will sorely be missed. 

Laundry Day

The last time I went on a field trip, three co-workers and I had to bubble wrap two pallets of five-gallon jugs for four hours!  Have a wonderful weekend whether your cleaning house, doing laundry, working, or out playing.  It's a beautiful summer day.  Enjoy it!

Come On, Let's Go!

Looks like me made it!

Happy Friday!!

Question: Do You Know What Echeveria is?

 

It's a soft succulent flower that comes from Mexico and can get as large as a dinner plate. Also known as Mexican Hens and Chicks. 

I thought maybe a little trivia today might be fun.  I love the colors this flower offers and wish I could grow it in my back yard.  Have you ever seen it?  It actually grows a big as a dinner plate?  Really?!!  I'd love to see that.  I'm going to go pack my bags!

Household Management 101: House Cleaning

Need I say more?!!

I think not.

Our Best Friends

I did a little digging and came up with some "best friends" quotes that made me smile.  I hope they do the same for you:
 

A stranger stabs you in the front. A friend stabs you in the back. A boyfriend stabs you in the heart. Best friends poke each other with straws. ~Author Unknown

Talking to your best friend is sometimes all the therapy you need. ~Author Unknown

Nothing compares to the pain of a belly ache from laughing too hard with your best friend. ~Author Unknown

 Let’s swear each with our pinky
We’ll be the best of friends
Until we are old and wrinkly!
~Author Unknown

 A best friend is someone who makes you laugh even when you think you’ll never smile again. ~Author Unknown


A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ~Donna Roberts

 Friendship isn’t a big thing — it’s a million little things. ~Author Unknown

A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author Unknown


It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. ~Marlene Dietrich


Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb


If you have any favorites, please comment on this blog to add them.  We would all love to read them!  Have a beautiful day, my wonderful friends.