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Bread of Life

July 1, 2014 By Sandra Heska King

 

"Bread by Tim--Laity Lodge"

“Bread by Tim–Laity Lodge”

 

Books

::

Yes, I did.

I ordered another one today.

I’m filling my basket like a starving shopper in the grocery aisle

where everything tantalizes.

I hope I can eat it all

before it grows stale or moldy.

Taste and see.

Bread of life.

::

Multiplied

::

“I cannot live without books.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

Of course, I know there’s really only one Book and one Bread of Life.

And I eat of those, too.

Maybe my friends need to stop writing and recommending others.

Or not.

Oh, today’s order?

This-Day

Thanks to Glynn Young and Tweetspeak Poetry

In the stillness,

Sandy

 

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  1. Carol J. Garvin says

    July 1, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    There are just SO many books I want to read… titles that tantalize, recommendations from friends, all so worthy of my time. But.

    I wrote a post recently about ‘so many books, so little time’. I could spend every moment of every day with my nose in a book and still not get all of them read. My life is enriched by every one that I finish, but it’s also enriched by spending time discovering life beyond the book. I’m so conflicted! How do you do it?

    • Sandra Heska King says

      July 3, 2014 at 10:23 am

      I don’t know how to do it. The reading, the writing, the discovering… I end up grazing more books these days than really savoring. That’s not good, either, I’m afraid.

  2. Glynn says

    July 1, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    Look what they’ve done
    to my bookshelf,
    Mom,
    Look what they’ve done
    to my shelf,
    Mom.

    🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      July 3, 2014 at 11:00 am

      LOL! They’re bending… bending…

  3. Megan Willome says

    July 1, 2014 at 5:21 pm

    Yeah. After Glynn’s post, I’m seriously tempted on that one. But I still haven’t finished Berry’s “New and Collected Poems” because Laura Brown and I are still going through our April collection! I’m just going to assume I’ll live forever and will have time to read everything. 🙂

    • Sandra Heska King says

      July 3, 2014 at 11:01 am

      Do you suppose there’ll be books in heaven?

  4. Marilyn Yocum says

    July 1, 2014 at 8:03 pm

    Like Megan, after reading the review I went immediately to purchase one. Haven’t yet. Was stopped by thoughts of the the shelfful of books I planned to plow through this summer, but it realistically would take until Christmas………It’s in my shopping cart, though!

    • Sandra Heska King says

      July 3, 2014 at 12:02 pm

      It hasn’t come out in soft cover yet… that’s the one I want.

  5. Linda says

    July 1, 2014 at 9:41 pm

    I’m right there with you Sandy. I thought we had built in plenty of bookshelves in this new house, but I’m already searching for places to put the books I simply can’t resist buying. The kindle helps, but I do love holding a book in my hands.

    • Sandra Heska King says

      July 3, 2014 at 12:15 pm

      My Kindle is loaded. And I hardly ever read on it. It just doesn’t hold the warmth of a friend.

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