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- Susan Harwood
- It's one of those odd things . . . I live in my little house by the sea and listen to the radio and reckon I know best about more-or-less everything . . . as I keep telling the news-casters, the policiticians and all the experts interviewed there. I shout quite loud - but I'm beginning to suspect they can't hear! Sometimes, I write to my MP . . . but there's always more to say. So, here it is!
BOOK ON A BLOG
THE BRICKS IN THE CAVE - A full length children's adventure story by Susan Harwood - click on the book to read it.
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7 comments:
Absolutely! ;0)
Maybe it is BUT
Breakfast is the only time newspapers can be read. Otherwise they will be read during dinner when it is better to talk about the day's goings.
Also, when we were kids, we used to take a book with us when going out for meals with mum and dad. That used to kill our boredom while waiting the food to arrive.
I also helped us children make reading something we enjoy doing.
Whiteshadow . . . you raise two points . . .
. . . are you suggesting newspapers can only be read at meal times ? ? ?
. . . and isn't part of the point of eating together that there is both a pleasure and a challenge in finding things to talk about?
Susan
Dear Susan,
Mealtimes are the few times I can take time out to read!!!! And not only newspapers. O.K., I know it may be rude, but my wife and I have reached a stage where we know pretty well what the other is going to say at any given time, and if she didn't want me reading then, she'd soon let me know.
Apart from reading in bed to help me nod off (or reading then because I'm reading a I-just-can't-put-it-down book) I don't spend too much time otherwise reading - well, except for the hour or so in the middle of the afternoon when I lie on the bed and catch up with my reading!
David.
I'm wondering if there's a male / female divide here?
Susan
Difficult to say re divide, Susan.
Being always contrary and argumentative, I would most likely change sides (not change sex !!) from time to time, just to skew the statistics!!
David.
. . . are you suggesting newspapers can only be read at meal times ? ? ?
Re the above, I make it a point to read the papers at breakfast for the following reasons:
1) I am still too tired to talk, reading the news is part of the process of getting up to the day's challenges
2) I make sure that none is left to read so that when I come home from work, I can dedicate the eating time to talk / discuss with other members of the family. This also answers the point below.
. . . and isn't part of the point of eating together that there is both a pleasure and a challenge in finding things to talk about?
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