Sane, Simple, Sacred: Can You Tell?

Can You Tell?

You don't have to go to our bookshelves

to find books (or dust)!

When I saw this quote and the picture that accompanied it on facebook,

I couldn't keep from copying it.

Can you tell?
I'm one of those people

who feel better at the mere SIGHT of a book!

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BookieDecember 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM
Oh Rebecca, your post today is SO me! Something about a book or bookstore...all those possibilities!!! Maybe it is leftover from childhood when I never could afford to have as many Scholastic books ordered as other kids...or maybe not...but something in me jumps for books.
Are you still under snow...most of our melted in yesterday's rain...to have some 50 days and then another storm at the end of week...rollicking December weather!
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Nellie's Cozy PlaceDecember 14, 2013 at 2:36 PM
Hi Rebecca,
I so agree, I love love love books............they are just so wonderful............
Hope this finds you doing well this Christmas Season, have missed you,
but know you have your plate full and remember only too well, how full
that can be................
Hope you have a Wonderful Christmas with your parents, children and
grandchildren............
and blessings for a Joyful New Year,
Nellie
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FlowerLady LorraineDecember 14, 2013 at 3:12 PM
My little cottage is packed with books, although I am culling out computer books because my dear husband was the geek. All of those books are 'Greek' to me. We have all kinds of books and I can't see not having them. It's great to be able to pick out something to read whenever you feel like it.

FlowerLady
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Terra December 14, 2013 at 5:14 PM
Books make me smile too; when I visit a new friend I like to see their bookshelves and what is in them. I think books we collect are somewhat autobiographical, like the gardens we plant.
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GaryDecember 14, 2013 at 5:16 PM
I too love the sight and feel of a good book. It was a sad day when the Kindle was invented.
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SandyDecember 15, 2013 at 3:33 PM
I love books and we also have a house full. I like the feel of a solid book in my hands. I do enjoy reading the Bible on my iPad though. Nothing like snuggling up with the doggies and iPad under an afghan on the couch these cold winter evenings!
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DeeDecember 16, 2013 at 8:59 PM
I join you in the love of books....they give comfort to me in so many ways....
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TamaraDecember 16, 2013 at 10:44 PM
I did get a Kindle about a year ago, but it isn't as... tangible or a personable as holding an actual, physical book in your hand. Sometimes when reading a book, there is a family tree listed in the front of the book (East of Eden is a good example). While reading, I sometimes need to return to that family tree and peruse the graph and think through who is what to whom! The chronology of it all. With that being said, if I want to read in bed at night, the Kindle's light does not disturb the Hubs. But books... the smell, the look... the feel...
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