PORCH PONDERINGS

Magical Reading

I recently entered the new contest - Wonderland. Looks interesting. It suggested in the information that you read "Alice In Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" before the contest begins on March 1. So I dutifully go to the big box book store like a good student in a college course and buy a copy of Lewis Carroll's classic.

Why had I never read this before? I was an inveterate reader as a child. I have never known not reading. Amusing, intriguing and yes, I can see why some think the author could have been using some alternate sources of enlightenment. But that's okay. It makes a great read.

And great readers make great writers. Do you read enough? When was the last time you read a book? A classic?

Put down the pen, the cursor, the whatever. Pick up a book, a kindle, whatever device and read.