Mar7

a rude awakening.

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what a wonderful way to relax

ending a long day with a beautiful book

all about finding your comfort

settling in at last

not a care in the world

tucked into my warm cocoon

until

the book’s spell

works a little too well on me

and i am very suddenly and very rudely awakened

right out of my comfort zone

after falling asleep and dropping the book on my face

hard.

it should come with a warning.

 

—

“littera scripta manet – ‘the written word will remain’. that’s true, but it won’t be that much comfort to me.’

-christopher hitchens

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  2. I always had a bedtime book, and on so many occasions had to go to work with no sleep because I so badly needed to read to the end. Somehow, a Kindle Tablet doesn’t have the same hold over me. 🙂
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  12. Love this. I too have that problem. Nowadays I wouldn’t take Ayn Rand’s Atlas shrugged or Proust’s Le temps perdu to bed with me….. one fancy cookerybook, a hardback nearly broke my nose….

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