CourtneyP

If only I could reach them.

Joseph Michael Ferguson
18 July 1976 – 3 Sept 2003

When I must leave you
for a little while,
Please do not grieve
and shed wild tears
And hug your sorrow
to you through the years,
But start out bravely
with a gallant smile;
And for my sake
and in my name
Live on and do
all things the same
Feed not your lonliness
on empty days
But fill each waking hour
in useful ways
Reach out your hand
in comfort and in cheer
And I in turn will comfort you
and hold you near;
And never, never
Be afraid to die,
For I am waiting
For you in the sky!

-”When I Must Leave You”
by Helen Steiner Rice

I’ve been pondering my existence.

My blog existence, that is.

And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
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more rain. it always seems to come on the weekends, and that just bites.

so much for the cherry blossom festival events this weekend!

tonight, we have our usual poker night, but I guess for the meantime, we’re confined to indoor spaces… which usually means cleaning house or napping. I prefer the latter, of course. Maybe I’ll play more Tropico to get my dose of computer-generated tropical weather. Heh.

what do you do on your rainy days?

I’m inspired by the men and women in this article: America’s Biggest Readers (via MeFi).

I don’t read as much as I used to. I would love to read more. No, and blogs don’t count, silly. I mean, really read. Books… the tangible reading material. Paper and ink.

It’s strange how it’s strange that in most homes, the books are non-existent or hidden away where they are inacessible. It’s also odd that the average American buys only a couple of books a year… and hardly any go to their local libraries on a consistent basis.

I read a lot of non fiction books, mostly because I enjoy them best. I guess I could really get back into fiction if I wanted to… I think that my reading NF has a lot to do with lack of time and/or energy to pay attention to a novel. Also consider my short attention span, and tendency to leave a book unfinished for days, even weeks, at a time. It’s simply a lot harder for me to do these days, with home life and school and such.

We were discussing tonight how we have more books than we can fit on our shelves. I mean, a LOT more. I have a plethora of pages here, a plentiful library or all sorts of genres, for me to peruse. I like that almost every time we have friends over, they grab a book off of our shelves to browse. I just don’t peruse our collection as much as I should.

I think I can do it if I put my mind to it. If a full time oncologist like Dr. Ronald Yanagihara (and he’s a local guy, to boot!) can fit in a couple of books a week, I could at least finish one.

What was the last book you read, and how long ago did you finish it?
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