tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post8363213490932185813..comments2024-03-10T07:14:33.790-03:00Comments on Procrastinating Donkey: Poetry Monday: Free Timejenny_ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-53204085998844214872018-09-07T14:39:49.455-03:002018-09-07T14:39:49.455-03:00"Ocean filled in a tiny pan" - how I lov..."Ocean filled in a tiny pan" - how I love that expression, baili! I hope you have more "free time" as your children get older and you have fewer responsibilities. There were many years that I had no time to read and I am really making up for it now :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-16781224857855032872018-09-07T03:31:09.761-03:002018-09-07T03:31:09.761-03:00excellent job my dear Jenny !
reading is such a g...excellent job my dear Jenny !<br /><br />reading is such a great time pas if one has "free time" for which i starve often :)<br /><br />just like you while traveling in vehicles i also read signboards and interesting stuff written behind trucks or other vehicles and often find it ocean filled in a tiny pan :)<br />Hugs and blessings to you my friend!bailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498012175058870980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-12244689030398076352018-09-02T23:01:47.535-03:002018-09-02T23:01:47.535-03:00I like your thoughts here! I read compulsively alt...I like your thoughts here! I read compulsively although not often books: blogs, news, cereal boxes, websites and yes, body language too. That was a clever addition!<br />My free time is often used online so lots of reading, or watching movies (sometimes with subtitles) or just hanging out. <br />Industry is not my middle name, for sure!kyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964475783207438103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-20582924829752533042018-08-30T15:12:51.269-03:002018-08-30T15:12:51.269-03:00It feels uncontrollable, really, doesn't it?It feels uncontrollable, really, doesn't it?jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-72963483635247490402018-08-29T20:50:30.300-03:002018-08-29T20:50:30.300-03:00Excellent poem. I'll read anything that falls ...Excellent poem. I'll read anything that falls in front of my eyes.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-60970216027924553222018-08-29T20:24:42.999-03:002018-08-29T20:24:42.999-03:00Sorry, Joan, I just realized I didn't answer y...Sorry, Joan, I just realized I didn't answer your question about The Old Man and The Sea - yes I did enjoy it very much, which surprised me. For a long time I had the impression it was about something different than it turned out to be. It's not a long read and I would recommend it.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-50014022181558565562018-08-29T20:03:39.071-03:002018-08-29T20:03:39.071-03:00Another re-reader! Thanks for dropping in, Lady Ja...Another re-reader! Thanks for dropping in, Lady Jane. I've had a look at your blog - you have many talents!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-65931860680508045962018-08-29T17:02:50.494-03:002018-08-29T17:02:50.494-03:00Neat poem! Yes, I reread things also. All my child...Neat poem! Yes, I reread things also. All my childhood favs. and some of the classics. I really liked Dickens and Sherlock Holmes. Like your blog. Hugs, LJLady Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112166852826826007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-11389986242071454372018-08-29T15:41:41.814-03:002018-08-29T15:41:41.814-03:00Well done, Cherie! I know what you mean about read...Well done, Cherie! I know what you mean about reading taking time from other things we should be doing :)<br /><br />Thanks for joining us!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-61621393958381593382018-08-29T15:40:07.846-03:002018-08-29T15:40:07.846-03:00That makes so much sense, to share books around an...That makes so much sense, to share books around and then pass them along. I've been trying to keep the books going out as well as coming in also.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-52679356049577963632018-08-29T03:38:19.065-03:002018-08-29T03:38:19.065-03:00Booklets and brochures and magazine pages
Paper ba...Booklets and brochures and magazine pages<br />Paper backed novels that simply take ages<br />Of time from the housework that I should be doing<br />Or Knitting or crafting and sticking and glueing<br />Cookery books with beautiful pictures<br />Home style books with fittings and fixtures<br />Cheap little novels to read while in bed<br />Encyclopedias to fill up my head<br />With knowledge and all kinds of strange information<br />Or free newspapers to read to the station<br />While waiting for trains in all kinds of weather<br />But best of all books that are bound up in leather<br /><br /><br />Cheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049568808770731003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-76913024629062716102018-08-29T03:30:06.016-03:002018-08-29T03:30:06.016-03:00That is utterly brilliant. I tend to leave novels...That is utterly brilliant. I tend to leave novels a couple of years and then read them again if I haven't passed the mon to someone else. My friends and I pass them around one another before sending them to the local charity shopCheriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01049568808770731003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-42436900835492766472018-08-28T15:58:23.868-03:002018-08-28T15:58:23.868-03:00I understand that; in fact that was my feeling, to...I understand that; in fact that was my feeling, too, until lately. After shopping at the (cheap) book fair the last two years, and therefore having more books to read, I feel I've been gulping them down without really digesting them, and I'm okay with reading them again. When I was a kid, I re-read everything because I didn't own that many, although I borrowed from the library every week.<br /><br />Do you use an e-reader? I would think that might make it easier to access new material, which would be nice . . .jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-33838995792570027802018-08-28T08:15:33.046-03:002018-08-28T08:15:33.046-03:00This was great! So hilarious. So much fun. Makes m...This was great! So hilarious. So much fun. Makes me think of Dr. Seuss :)<br /><br />I read a lot, too. Not a day goes by that I don't. I've been that way since I was a child. But I rarely reread anything; only if it's something amazing. Since I only have so much time on this planet, I want to squeeze in as much (unread) reading as possible!<br /><br />Happy week to you!Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470947568183528236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-35618133033137913222018-08-27T20:51:37.755-03:002018-08-27T20:51:37.755-03:00"MOAR... BOOKS..." - LOL and yes!"MOAR... BOOKS..." - LOL and yes!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-82843349884834160232018-08-27T20:10:51.309-03:002018-08-27T20:10:51.309-03:00I love your poem, and I'm definitely a re-read...I love your poem, and I'm definitely a re-reader! I've read some of my old favourite books more times than I can remember... but I'm always eager to read something new, too. MOAR... BOOKS... :-)Diane Hendershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563115165301223420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-80914265213701812262018-08-27T18:42:08.458-03:002018-08-27T18:42:08.458-03:00I hear you. I need to be doing more with my free t...I hear you. I need to be doing more with my free time than reading. I do have other hobbies, which I enjoy once I get going on them, but I think reading is such a passive activity (oxymoron?) that it's easier to do when I'm tired, which seems to be most of the time these days.<br /><br />You were an early reader! And it's nice that your doctor and you have guitar playing in common. Maybe the conversation will motivate both of you to get back to it. jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-24695823439497153052018-08-27T17:51:20.804-03:002018-08-27T17:51:20.804-03:00I do reread stuff. When I was without internet in ... I do reread stuff. When I was without internet in late 2015 and early 2016, I had a few spare coins so I bought brand-new copies of Jenny Lawson's books, which I hadn't yet read, and Daniel Quinn's, which I had.<br /> Then I read them all twice.<br /> I've probably read the first hundred pages of "My Ishmael" a dozen times. <br /> These days most of my reading is on this here computer, and as there seems to be a lot to keep up with in the world just now, I do a lot of it.<br /> I wish I could say that I spent most of my free time playing my guitar(s) and creating music on my computer, but the truth is that I haven't pulled my Les Paul out of its case in more than a month, and most of my music software is still on my old computer that I don't even have a monitor for any more.<br /> Dr. Nelson, when I saw him a couple of weeks ago, as he always does, asked me if I had been playing my guitar much. When I said no, he asked me why, and I told him that I didn't really know. Then he said "Yeah, I hardly ever play any more and I don't really know why either."<br /> I love Dr. Nelson even more now that I know he's a guitar player...<br /><br /> I like your poem. It reminds me of when I was a child and taught myself to read (mostly by pestering my mother) at age four and set to reading all of the things, but mainly the little bookcase of Nancy Drew mysteries my sister had gotten from my aunt for her birthday that I was insanely jealous of once I realized that I couldn't yet read them.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-71987760492241763102018-08-27T15:48:13.163-03:002018-08-27T15:48:13.163-03:00Hah! Probably! But they're still reading!
I s...Hah! Probably! But they're still reading!<br /><br />I should have worked "canines" in there somewhere; I bet you can read Olga. And cat people can read felines, too :)jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-67657029918623603952018-08-27T15:44:55.018-03:002018-08-27T15:44:55.018-03:00I don't think I can not read - if there's ...I don't think I can not read - if there's a printed word, it's like a magnet.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-35671024753621897042018-08-27T15:44:03.397-03:002018-08-27T15:44:03.397-03:00Haha - reading and re-reading the reading list!
I...Haha - reading and re-reading the reading list!<br /><br />I like to see what other folks are reading, too.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-2429104854970115852018-08-27T15:42:34.023-03:002018-08-27T15:42:34.023-03:00Thanks, Delores. I'll have to look out for Les...Thanks, Delores. I'll have to look out for Leslie Cookman's books. And it's funny, I've been thinking of pulling my childhood books down off the top shelf (choking on the dust as I do) and re-reading them. Now your comment makes me want to do it even more.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-48137387470404385682018-08-27T15:38:32.992-03:002018-08-27T15:38:32.992-03:00Ah, this one is serious and heartrending, YP. Than...Ah, this one is serious and heartrending, YP. Thank you for contributing.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-22901507624813481592018-08-27T15:36:32.422-03:002018-08-27T15:36:32.422-03:00I find that some things take many readings to full...I find that some things take many readings to fully understand. Like you, I have learned that lesson!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3405619091794912972.post-79012381266446842002018-08-27T15:35:17.912-03:002018-08-27T15:35:17.912-03:00Hah - and most of us do it, don't we?!Hah - and most of us do it, don't we?!jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.com