We flung ourselves across the bed and read comic books, taking turns with the panels. Stopping to research things that were unknown. Kilroy was here. Inconsequential. He has a phenomenal vocabulary grasping the nuances of words mostly from context. "Where they live."
I am re-watching the most amazing film adaptation of a novel- Cold Mountain with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman. I'm in the mood for pure love and stone heartbreak. Don't know if I'll make it all the way through.
There's a book waiting for me, too.
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I read Cold Mountain years ago- and picked up a copy of the book on the discard cart at the library a few weeks ago. I remember it being sad and I also strongly remember the quilt the woman was making. The animals. I think I got the book so I could find those quilt passages and write them down. Make something like that.
I doubt I could watch the movie. With the book, you can stop and walk away for days, weeks etc and then come back and be stronger with the words. Or just walk away and not come back at all.
I used to have an hour's drive to work. Books on CD saved my sanity. Cold Mountain ended a mile from the office.I was crying so hard I had to pull over and was a half hour late and looked like I'd taken a beating.
We have Cold Mountain on our shelves, but I've never read it ... wondering now if I can pick out the quilt passages without breaking my heart ...
love that you and your co-pirate are alternating pages to read together ... G and I used to read Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggy books together, he being Elephant and me being Piggy ... great good fun
P.S. Yesterday was "Talk Like a Pirate Day" on my Sandra Boynton calendar ;)
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