Reading on a Saturday
Today included:
A completed jigsaw puzzle
A clean and vacuumed family room
Four children playing politely and quietly
Three meals prepared at regular intervals
Several hours of quiet reading time
No major conflicts requiring intervention
Some days are just quietly pleasant.
My book of the day was To Kill a Mockingbird. This choice was courtesy of the local library’s participation in the National Endowment for the Arts’ Big Read program. They give away free copies of the book in an effort to encourage people to make reading part of their community interactions. The program has been running for several weeks and the free copies are only available while supplies last, so I expected our library to be out of copies. They had plenty. This makes me a little sad. Piles of books gathering dust because no one can be bothered to pick them up and read them even when they’re free. I brought my copy home and read it in two days. I read it when I was in high school, so I already knew the story. I’ve also seen the movie several times. Yet the book still caught my interest and I kept choosing to read it rather than other leisure activities I could have chosen. I’m glad to own a copy. Now I’m considering reading the other books on the Big Read list. I’ll bet they’re interesting too.