Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Reading Life: Books are Magic

Outside the snow is coming down. My feet are wet from shoveling and my fingers tingle from the cold. A hot chocolate sits by my side, a blanket lies on my lap, and I am encased in a warm, wool sweater. 

I read this paragraph and suddenly I am on a city block in the hot air, friends surround me, sipping cold drinks, and dancing. Children play. Old people compete at chess. I can hear the music, I can feel the humidity, I smell the cigar smoke in the air. I have been transported with just a few words.

Books are magic, they take you places. 

(From Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp)

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