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Wednesday, October 7, 2020
I Can Relate
A friend sent me this yesterday--I don't know where she found it. I nodded along as I read--I can relate. I bet those of you who are also book lovers can relate, too. 😃
All true for me too. I was so bookish as a kid that it 'worried the adults' but I am grateful that it protected me from some of their attitudes and helped me see a broader world full of better things/ideas. Reading is so helpful to self-development and values formation etc. Like the "Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankwiler" book seemed like a fine idea. Go live in a place full of stories and history and that's as much of a library as it is a museum. I used to wonder which library I could literally live-in but the Seattle Public Library downtown didn't have much fodder for the imagination when it came to survival lol. (I'd go and check out 15 books every 2-3 days by monorail when I was in grade school until I had pretty much read the K-12 section through and was in the college section by the time we moved away.) Reading is such a beautiful gift - it opens up the world, even when the stories may be difficult, they're usually pretty relatable.
Yes!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteIt made me smile, too!
ReplyDeleteAll true for me too. I was so bookish as a kid that it 'worried the adults' but I am grateful that it protected me from some of their attitudes and helped me see a broader world full of better things/ideas. Reading is so helpful to self-development and values formation etc. Like the "Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankwiler" book seemed like a fine idea. Go live in a place full of stories and history and that's as much of a library as it is a museum. I used to wonder which library I could literally live-in but the Seattle Public Library downtown didn't have much fodder for the imagination when it came to survival lol. (I'd go and check out 15 books every 2-3 days by monorail when I was in grade school until I had pretty much read the K-12 section through and was in the college section by the time we moved away.) Reading is such a beautiful gift - it opens up the world, even when the stories may be difficult, they're usually pretty relatable.
ReplyDeleteIt's been weird to be without library access during these pandemic months!
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