JULY 1--I DISCOVER READING

     So charmingly typical of me to publish this July 1st posting on July 2nd...I've always found extreme organization over-rated!  I was delayed because I had to consult my old photos to illustrate this fascinating month of blogs.  I will loosely follow a chronological order of my life, but may deviate when a particular photo pops up and grabs my short attention span.
     So today I revert back to my early toddler years, to my first discovery of <READING>, my passion and favorite hobby.  My corresponding passion and favorite hobby<SITTING>, works well with that Reading "thing".
    My license plate proclaims "BKWRM41"...my favorite job in a lifetime of changing careers was that of a librarian...and I was barely sitting upright when I began perusing the newspaper comics:

Hmmm...I'm still occupying that same corner of the couch today, just not glancing at many comics anymore...I caught on to words early on.  There's just everything to love about reading and how it takes you well, just everywhere so wonderfully! 
        (Much as I adore technology and laptops and smart phones and tablets, my reading--my book reading--remains in the paper form.  Not that there's anything wrong with reading electronically--I just like the calories I can exert in turning that page.)
       I cannot end my day without a book.  I'm falling asleep on that aforementioned sofa, book in hand, then book crashing to floor...that's how my day must end!  (And then when I get back to my bookmarked place, if I've been awake enough to put in my bookmark, I cannot remember the last pages I read--well, I was reading in my sleep, I love it so much.)
       One of the sweetest joys of grandparenthood (among oh-so-many joys) is that of reading to, and with, my grandchildren.
     
  .....Cuz THEY are my passion and "favorite hobby" now!