Pluggers by Rick McKee for April 14, 2024

Must have been written by a cat.

Bad Dog? But picture on book is look like cat.

You know that book is fiction, because it’s plain to see her dog has light brown hair and dark brown ears.

Unlike the lengthy Tolstoy work, bedtime storybooks are short, and keep children warm and sleepy in peace.

Been a while since I did this one ;-)

To me that sounds more like a ‘Grandma’ reading than a ‘Plugger’ even though (in some cases) they are the same, they are also different ! ! !

Pluggers often need the large print so they don’t have to wear their glasses which tend to get smudged by the grandkids.

Never thought to read to my pets tho I DO sing to them. They are the only ones that don’t complain :D

Written by a cat who has a dog sibling…and in the end writes he’s not so bad.

Back in the B.C. (Before COVID) years, my mom used to read to the 3yos at the local daycare every Thursday morning. She’s always loved reading to & with little kids – some of my earliest memories are of sitting in her lap while she read me a story. (It’s also how I figured out how to read when I was 2 – wow, those funny marks make sounds! I shocked her socks off when I read The Night Before Christmas to her…)

… and you read aloud to your dog.

The books I remember being read as a kid had no pictures. The Chronicles of Narnia, The Hobbit, Ivanhoe, Treasure Island. Mom read a chapter or two every night before bed.

those of us living close enough to our grandkid(s) know what a blessing this actually is.

Who cares as long as the kid is enjoying a book being read by his Grandparents

I’m reading Reality+ by David Chalmers which is a philosophical examination of whether virtual reality is real or not. Not too many pictures, and the print is so small I almost have to use a magnifying glass. …but thought-provoking!

Is it a family photo album?

I went to the library today/ The friends of the library were having a book sale. I bought 6 picture books and a YA fiction book. Then I went browsing in the library. An Japanese comic book about cats, one adult fiction, one adult non fiction and 3 young reader books. All are for me!

We moved just before I turned 5 years old – so this had to be when I was 4 years old. I would sit on the step stool ladder in my grandmother’s kitchen next to the window and try to read Shakespeare. I know I was actually picking out at least some words and actually reading them as I remember coming across the word “exeunt” and asking what it meant.

Husband and I are both great readers, but over the last several years our reading has changed.

In his case due to cataract surgery. He is not comfortable reading with glasses on having never worn them before. He mostly reads books online. While he had been doing so before, since Covid started he reads downloaded books from our library extensively – and since we belong to our local library he can also download books to read from the NYC and other libraries. He reads them on his computers so he can make them large enough to comfortably see.

In my case I have basically decided that with the time I have left I don’t have time for stories and tend to read history books when I read a book. Mostly I read publications – current events (such as in “Time” magazine), history (such as BBC History magazine), and needlework related magazines (including a historic needlework magazine) – I am an embroiderer and demonstrate stitching at reenactment events. When I do read a book it is similarly non-fiction, generally history.