Old School... ("Sunday Musings")

"Sunday Musings..."

Sometimes, you gotta go old school...



...because there are things that can only be expressed with the feel of paper beneath your hand and a pen in your fingers. 

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  1. Cat and DOG Chat With CarenFebruary 12, 2018 at 12:49 PM

    I sooo agree with you!!! That is how I feel about books too, I need to hold a book in my hands to read it and feel it, smell it.......no ereader books for me!

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    1. GlamKittyFebruary 12, 2018 at 5:55 PM

      I know how you feel about books, Caren... but ironically, circumstances forced me to join the e-revolution several years ago. (First, I started doing a LOT of traveling, which made ebooks so much more practical. Later, when I picked up stakes and moved 2,000-plus miles by myself, it just wasn't feasible to take all my books with me, so I--somewhat tearfully--said goodbye to most of them, replacing the ones I missed most in e-versions.)

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