Literature

I'm back sooner than I expected;  spontaneity, I think, is crucial for this new motivation to write down some of what is clogging my brain.

Some of the most relaxing and enriching times, for me, come with a good book.  Reading has a way of calming the nerves, yet engaging the mind.  When I speak with others about books, the word that is most used is an overwhelming favorite, 'boring'.  And I always have a chuckle.  I have to admit, some books take much more concentration and effort to read than others; many of the required reading assignments throughout high school come to mind.  However, I wish that people would make the distinction between 'reading' and what is actually being read.  For if it were simply the activity of reading that caused this boredom, text messaging would not be replacing phone calls as the primary means of communication.

It makes me incredibly sad that within this technology-driven world, books are steadily dying off.  Fortunately, technology has also produced kindles, nooks, and others alike in order to preserve the most important product of mankind and civilization; the written word.  I am certainly not immune to these modern amenities.  I use Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and many other social media programs.  I have also challenged my own love for books by using a kindle.

But I always go back to a book.  I can shut out technology and simply enjoy.  In recent years I have come to own more than 50 books, yet it never seems like I have enough.  It makes for a rather quirky dream of mine to continue to buy as many books as I am able to read, and incorporate them in my future home as the beginnings to a library.  Yes, I will own a house that will have sufficient space to build a library.  My kids will have the most popular home in the neighborhood, right?

Rich

Daybreak

Hi there.  Since I have quite a few things bouncing about in my head, I'll begin this blog with a quick word; a dawn to this neat, new day.  

"Blogging" isn't an entirely new concept for me, although my experience with the process is juvenile at best.  Just over three years ago, in fact, I created a blog that would enable me to document my experiences and travels during my semester of study in Germany.  That proved to be a fruitless endeavor for this often forgetful, 'I'll-do-it-later' student with a whole new country, culture and language to worry about.  That blog began and ended with just one post; a rather short day, don't you think?  Well, I have made it my goal to make this new day an enduring one.  I'll wait for later, sooner.  

Bis bald,

Rich