E-reading

I love books.  I love the way they look and feel and smell.  I love going to the book store and looking through the shelves.  I've had an undying love for books since I learned to read.  I spent the bulk of my youth with my "nose stuck in a book".

I have resisted the move to the e-reader.  Over the past few months, I've been reading on my phone and last week I got a tablet.  I told myself it was the physical presence of the book that was the reason for my reluctance.

I knew better.  The only thing that keeps me from reading constantly is running out of books to read.  Now I don't have that issue.  Since September, I've downloaded over 130 books.  That's in 5 months.

On a Winter Windy Morning

Flags weather-vaning at attention
Flemenco flags flashing around their poles
Straining against their grommets
Eager to fly along
Live oaks in full leaf waving as I passed
Under cake-frosting January clouds.