tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post3266879623022695147..comments2024-03-13T04:40:03.184-07:00Comments on I'm Retired -- Adventures of a Simpler Life: DECEMBER 10 - Good Books, Good FriendsCynthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-11101724895818661872020-12-16T17:55:20.729-08:002020-12-16T17:55:20.729-08:00My first book - pre my reading days - well not man...My first book - pre my reading days - well not many kids can read at their first b/day was 'Black Beauty" - 1944,<br />the next three years resulted in Christmas books - the trilogy: My Friend Flicka,(1945) Thunderhead (1946) and "Green Grass of Wyoming" (1947.)<br />I still have all 4 books! So the first one is 76 years old. Not bad eh????<br />ColinHuggybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517411617275367396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-14096859508497285322020-12-13T06:30:24.763-08:002020-12-13T06:30:24.763-08:00What an absolutely WONDERFUL post. It is interest...What an absolutely WONDERFUL post. It is interesting that you remember so clearly your experience of ... falling in love with reading. My own memories are not so clear of those times in my life. I blame that on trying to personally stay-a-float in a dysfunctional family. School for me was a struggle in grade school and I was probably in that "brown something" group you mentioned. But as I reach high school and College I became more of a student and while my grades did not necessary represent my love of learning back then - I did cultivate that skill over the 73 years of my life. I think they call people like me - late bloomers! :-) I am a former grade school teacher - only 4 years. I was not a gifted teacher - just didn't know what I wanted to do with my life then. But reading (and most recently - living with a husband who is legally blind - listening to audio books) have been a constant companion for me. Thank you for this walk back in time as it triggered some of my own memories and thoughts of a possible post for my own blog.. Retired Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13662288640032813770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-7943620605309471722020-12-11T08:55:04.554-08:002020-12-11T08:55:04.554-08:00I think many of us have been reading more in the l...I think many of us have been reading more in the last few months - it's a great way of travelling to new places and meeting new people without catching any nasty viruses! I don't remember much about learning to read though I know I could read a bit when I started school. John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-57251538174539665802020-12-11T07:18:56.072-08:002020-12-11T07:18:56.072-08:00I grew up in Sweden so I'm not familiar with t...I grew up in Sweden so I'm not familiar with the books you had when you learned to read. In those days in Sweden, I was not taught to read before I started first grade at age seven. But I learned quickly and soon went with my dad to the library, where in those days all books were encased in red leather covers. Oh, how I loved all those red books!Ingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924736131382149056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-50703714217444952522020-12-11T01:12:29.186-08:002020-12-11T01:12:29.186-08:00Good to remember what you used to read and how it ...Good to remember what you used to read and how it was read and thought of.<br />Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-47867135144519349962020-12-10T18:57:12.048-08:002020-12-10T18:57:12.048-08:00You've made a great sales pitch for reading. B...You've made a great sales pitch for reading. But you must be very old if you had Alice and Jerry or did they come after Dick and Jane? Ha! I think that many little kids know how to read before they start gr. one. You were one of themRedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-67318192743522091262020-12-10T18:47:07.471-08:002020-12-10T18:47:07.471-08:00I loved to read too but we had Dick and Jane and S...I loved to read too but we had Dick and Jane and Spot! School was my refuge for reading...like a sponge I read everything I could...at home we had the Bible and an old Veterinary manual that was in the garage....I paged through that whole old dirty dusty thing skipping over the words I did not know. Reading for pleasure was frowned upon in my home. It was a waste of time is what I was told. Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8791768581127769171.post-52489326365793028692020-12-10T13:02:23.096-08:002020-12-10T13:02:23.096-08:00I share your passion for reading. It stretches bac...I share your passion for reading. It stretches back to my very first memories, and I could not imagine going a day without reading. My favourites as a child, as best I can remember, were a series of books written for children on different topics of the natural world - birds, mammals, insects, trees, even geology, and obviously those early days fuelled a lifelong passion. The adventure book that excited me the most was "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stephenson, and it made me want to travel. My love of nature in all its forms has grown over the years, as has my joy in visiting other countries. And it's all due to books!David M. Gascoigne,https://www.blogger.com/profile/17229638811027153569noreply@blogger.com