Is the glass half full or half empty? Are you almost finished with a task or just starting?
Some would say that I am an optimist for many reasons but for the sake of space I will only share one reason.
Since Dec. 22, 2015, which was winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, I have been counting the days until the arrival of the spring equinox, the day of the year when the days and the nights are about equal. And depending on where one lives, this may happen a few days before or after March 20. Since Dec. 21, 2015, and today, 35 days have passed. This is equal to exactly one month and four days. Or four weeks and four days, 768 hours, or 46,080 minutes. And while I have a bit of time to go, 55 days, one must admit, spring is on the way. In Wyoming spring does not always mean warmer temperatures as the locals tell me, it just means more daylight, approximately 37 minutes more to date and counting, and that’s OK by me.
So, what is one to do to pass the time until the day arrives when if you get off at 5 p.m. it’s not dark before you drive across town? Glad you asked!
The winter reading program is still open, and while there are just a few days left to get your reading logs in you can back date them. So, any book that you have read between Nov. 30 and Jan. 30 can be counted. Stop by any of the libraries to sign up and take a look at the prize baskets. In the day and age of technology, any form of accessing a book via any of the library’s eBook services such as Hoopla, OverDrive and One Click, a book on CD, or a good old fashioned book is a fair way of reading a book. And who knows, through reading you may discover an idea or two to add new family traditions.
This happened to me some time back. I checked out a book by Jason F. Wright, looking for something fresh I checked out his book called “The Wednesday Letters.” I had not ever read anything by him before, but I was in the mood for something different. See, that’s one of the great things about books, they don’t have feelings, which means I can reject them without explanation. When I started reading “The Wednesday Letters” I thought “I’ll give it one chapter” and before I knew it I was having trouble putting it down.
To my surprise, it happened to be book two in a series, but the author does a nice job of filling in blanks but not revealing too much of the first book so you can read them out of order. When I finished “The Wednesday Letters,” I bought the “The Wedding Letters” off my Nook app on my iPad because I didn’t want to wait for my interlibrary loan.
After reading The Wedding Letters I decided that I would incorporate a form this letter writing tradition into my family and now I have the Monday letters.
I can’t tell you about the letters in each book, you will just have to read for yourself, and with 51 days to go until the spring equinox you’ll have plenty of time to read, so see you ‘round the library.
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