Books

Books are magical to me. They take me far away into a place that I have never known before but I begin to know the characters and how they would react and who they are... it is incredible and I zone into a book like nothing I've ever zoned into before. Not to sports, not to conversations with people but books are great.

I realize saying all this I run the risk of sounding like a total weird book kid but I just love reading and looking at people's bookshelves is something I do a lot. It helps me understand them as a person. (That's my context coming through. If you don't know what that means look here)

But in my anticipation of Pat Conroy's new book due in November titled My Reading Life I realize how much reading means and has meant to me. Especially as a child... "When you read a book as a child it becomes part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your life does."

Even now I find my life being so affected by what I read and it's one of the best ways that I learn spiritually now and learn about people in general. I am currently fascinated by Lisabeth Salander... 

Here It Goes Again

I'm sitting in room 108 at one of the greatest jobs I've ever had, waiting for one of my students to come and decided I would start blogging again. There are several reasons why today is the day and I shall list them.

1. I have 30 minutes to kill (which I just found out about... I thought it would be 15)
2. I just bought something off of this website which I found off another blog & felt super artsy
          p.s. when I ordered my Kindle cover they said this to me in the first line of the reciept email...High five empeagler@gmail.com, you just placed order No. 129564.** they just high fived me and I liked it
3. I have been thinking about it a lot lately and feel like I have some things to say again to the world. (not like I was a super blogger before but now I'm ready again
4. It's fall and it has put me in the mood for some reason