UPDATE - I believe that Pork and Beans by Weezer is the 2nd best song EVER. Which is number one? - I am saving that spot, open for the taking.
Coon dog hunt in the "livrary" (Elle's term for library, Renember Dad, its the liVrary?!) for something worthwhile. I needed a fix and I needed it badly. I hear my Mom tell me to get a book on tape, and on my way past the murder mysteries, I run into an NPR cluster of audio files - no Tim, not audiophiles. So I snatched it up and ran to the line, overflowing book bag and kids in tow.
NPR had a great series called "This I believe" where just regular folks and some irregular famous people wrote and recorded short and powerful essays about what they have come to know.
I am an NPR fan. Love PBS. Crave MYSTERY! Regularly bend the Sabbath staying up late watching that show, or some British classic like Bleak House - an AZSharp fav.
On the way back from mutual tonight, I am hearing Studs Terkel rattle off what he believes and then it switches to this doctor whose mother made him read two books a week and submit written reports. She would mark them up and give them back. Only later did they realize that the marks meant nothing as Mom was illiterate. Marks meant nothing.
Or did they. I believe they did. And I believe that I should go to the livrary more often, kids in tow.
Life is Brilliant!
JMS
4 comments:
If I could have a tv that showed just pbs and only pbs, I would. Gotta love some antique roadshow, fawlty towers, are you being served, and keeping up appearances.
And you know all those PBS specials at the library that you wonder what dork really ever gets them, I do. I LOVE to check those out more than anything else. I'm a dork and I'm ok with that!
Bleak House is the BEST!
We like the livrary a lot, too. ;-)
Hope you guys are well--LOVE you!
I've been thinking about the mom who had her kids read two books a week and do reports, but was illiterate all day. Very interesting. I think it just proves that moms want their kids to be better than themselves and reach their full potential. That mom probably wouldn't have had as good of cooperation form her kids if they had known she herself couldn't read or write.
Anyway, very interesting. Thanks for sharing that.
Wow- I am going to have to check that out. I love books. I love reading. and pathetic enough- much like our beloved mother I love books on tape (because I can clean and read at the same time). As I was reading your post I was picturing the library in Glendale- even picturing where you go to check out- with your cute kids tagging behind. Pleasant thoughts. miss AZ but miss you and your family more.
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