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I Would Easily Spend a Whole Day Curled Up With a Good Book

[b]In Winter.–[/b] I love this time of year when it's cold and dark and wet outside and the rain is pouring down in waves into the lake. I need a rain coat and wellies to walk along the water. It's good to be alone with the rain and the snow. Evenings are very long and I can watch the full-length record of a Baroque opera while drinking some [i]Amarone[/i] on my own. Summer's long gone and experiences of love and laughter seem so far away. I don't miss anyone, not even one to warm up my feet. Time to read the [i]Iliad[/i] again, with dreams of being Chryseis.
SW-User
I’m reading Invisible Man, it was the answer to a question on Jeopardy! Another classic novel that I missed. Dark stuff about racism in America.
funtravler · 36-40, F
I'm reading "The Power of Moments" Chip Heath
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@funtravler Very deep book
funtravler · 36-40, F
@bhatjc I like it
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@funtravler That is nice. Keep reading girl
Rambler · M
You bet... and then maybe the Odyssey to journey you into spring.
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funtravler · 36-40, F
what do you read?
helenS · 36-40, F
@funtravler At the moment I’m reading “The Birth of Bebop”, by a certain Scott DeVeaux. About Charlie Parker & Co.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@helenS That sweet time Jazz
Allabouttaboo · 36-40, M
I would love to cuddle up with you
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
What type of books do you enjoy? It really takes too much effort to read the Illiad and Odyssey! Since you mentioned Amarone, I might suggest Isaacson's newish biography Of DaVinci.
helenS · 36-40, F
@samueltyler2 Oh thank you! It’s true that [i]Amarone[/i] is my poison. I’ll ckeck out that da Vinci biography.

The [i]Iliad[/i] is indeed my favorite book. If I had only [i]one[/i] book it would be the Iliad. And if I had to select a city to live in, I’d chose Homer’s Troy. My name is Helen, after all.
:-)
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I love to read uninterrupted as well.. but how do you do it as a parent with two kids?
SW-User
Ah ok... they are older. Very cool. I do the same... a bit.
helenS · 36-40, F
@SW-User A bit?
SW-User
I still need a bit of peace and quiet to really get far in my reading... lol.
daydeeo · 61-69, M
I hope you'll still have wintry experiences of love and laughter. And someone with whom drink your [i]Amarone[/i].
helenS · 36-40, F
@daydeeo Oh thank you for your kind words! [i]Amarone[/i] is my poison indeed.
daydeeo · 61-69, M
Could there be a happy poison?
helenS · 36-40, F
@daydeeo Nothing more satisfying than watching a record of Gluck’s [i]Alceste[/i] while drinking [i]Amarone[/i] when it’s cold and dark outside. Or almost nothing…
Uncfred · 61-69, M
I can understand the feelings, I only read when I have to, but I have a home in the forests of Poland, seclusion is a natural state, the silence is deafening.
djjohnson · 41-45, M
I remember as a teenager finishing a 700 page novel in two days when the weather was bad.
helenS · 36-40, F
@djjohnson Moby-Dick the whale?
djjohnson · 41-45, M
lol. no it was one of the wheel of time series.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
And having a nice drink as well
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@helenS That is good to know. What about some nice hot chocolate as well
helenS · 36-40, F
@bhatjc Yes I like hot chocolate especially during the cold winter nights. But I really appreciate the warm waves that [i]Amarone[/i] is able to deliver. I even drink this addictive wine when I'm on my own, in my bed.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@helenS That does sound wonderful
SW-User
Wow, sounds nice! If only someone would turn the darn tv off!
Mugin16 · 46-50, M
Very nice. I love that you read the Iliad. :-)

Why Chryseis?
bhatjc · 46-50, M
That does sound magical
helenS · 36-40, F
@bhatjc Thank you very much for your kind attention “bhatjc”!
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@helenS Your welcome sweet Helen. 🥂 Always good to just sit and relax
Atrevido1 · 61-69, M
For me it is a history book. Yes, I am a nerd
melbeacher · 56-60, M
mmmmm sounds great to me !
sounds heavenly
DanielChristensen · 46-50, M
Lovely imagery
Zonuss · 41-45, M
How about a cute guy. 🙂

 
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