Today is Saturday of course and it is indeed the beginning of the Christmas Season it seems. decorations are around the area and starting to light up homes and malls and stores. The snow has yet to come but like most Connecticut winters I am sure it shall arrive soon enough. The rushing to and fro has begun as people search the stores and more for gifts for their loved ones, families and friends. The hustle and bustle of this time of year gets silly in many ways. But what mother, father or grandparent wants to tell their little ones they can’t get what they want from Santa because they can’t find it or it is priced too high, none I am sure. Christmas Lists should be flowing from person to person this time of year, but ask one person what they want and they get indecisive or need time to think about it. You all had all year !
On a personal note, I bought myself an E-reader a Nook to be precise. It does e-books and more, games and even the web as needed. What I can’t get used to is touch screen stuff. I am used to having real keyboards on a computer to do things. But as a friend told me it may take a little time but you will grow to get it and like it. So I march forward readings and searching and learning, it is what life is all about is it not?
As a writer I love reading and investigating and getting data collected so I can write on a subject. So having a Nook gives me access to Government documents, Barnes and Noble Books and other sources to review and gather from. So for me it is a convenient piece of equipment and entertaining too. But to each their own is all I can say. As a avid reader of history, Biographies and Sci-fi and even magazine I also get access to some free ones with my Nook. Nice enough in my mind and heart I love reading. But that is life these days.
Last note is called my mortality note or thoughts for the day, thinking of my age now 54 soon to be 55 I stop and review my family background and wonder how long I have left on the planet and in this life I live. My parents each died in their fifties, my father went at 55 years old, my mother at 58 years old both victims of cancer. My grandparents all died in their 60s on both sides with one except of my grandfather on my moms side he went to 71. My oldest living relative is now 72 and doing fine last I knew, so time shall tell. So I try to pack all I can into each day, event and period of time I am awake these days.
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