Nothing better than to immerse myself in the written word and let the pages turn and take me on an adventure, mystery, murder, mayhem, magics, travel, arrival, discovery.
"Nourish the mind like you would nourish your body. The mind cannot survive on junk food." Jim Rohn
Fariy Tarot Cards - Doreen Virtue & Radleigh Valentine
Literacy is high on the top of my gratitude list!
ReplyDeleteReading is fundamental, but so much more.
Deletewe had a small country bookmobile that came around every two weeks, whose bounty carried me everywhere in the world when school was out.
ReplyDeleteThe driver would tell mom I couldn't check out the books I'd chosen because they were above my age level. Mom said nonsense. I was mad about Cherry Ames and Nancy Drew :)
Strong young women finding there way in the World. Really great gals to have as an example to a young girl's mind.
DeletePerhaps there's one thing I am grateful for even more and that's having taught little children how to read; To witness that magical moment when they "get it"
ReplyDeleteI connected with a couple of my nieces and nephews with reading, well all of them when they were little loved to be read too, only a couple of them continued on when they could read themselves.
DeleteThis was my first deck... why I always think of/identify with the page of pentacles as a bookworm and scholar. Is she flinging another coin towards amazon? Or spinning a nugget of wisdom from the books she already has?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great observation. Probably to Amazon.
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