Comments on: Hope For The Next Generation

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 May 2005 21:42:21 +0000

Well, thankfully she will have music and art to fall back on if the going gets tough with the writing thing.

And I look forward to the 9-course meail, although, knowing Jennie, I expect 8 of those courses to come out of a Trader Joe’s package…

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:04:28 +0000

Hi Ken — Glad Jennie dug the info out of her inbox. I hear she’s also planning on cooking us a 9-course meal.

Reading, I’m afraid, inevitably leads to writing. At some point, she will be out and about…without a book. Luckily, she’ll have a pencil and paper handy. You know what happens next.

I’ve never met a writer who isn’t a voracious reader. Sure you see it happening the other way sometimes, but prepare yourself for the worst.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 12 May 2005 16:17:27 +0000

Hi, my friend Jennie said to stop by.

I, too, was the kid with the book, and now my 9 year-old daughter is the same way. She falls asleep with a book, reads at breakfast and dinner, basically whenever she can. Last year, her mixed 2nd/3rd grade class had two battles of the books and even the kids who didn’t like to read much got into it.

I don’t know if the reading thing will lead her to writing more (she really doesn’t enjoy writing now), but I can hope, can’t I?

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:00:18 +0000

I got my first glasses in fourth grade. Haven’t done the Lasik, too chicken. You’ve got to wonder if there’s any truth to all the reading doing something to our eyes. I mean, it’s hard to say – my parents are both big readers, and they’ve worn glasses since they were fairly young, too. So, is the bad eye thing genetic? LOL – Is “bookworminess” genetic? My sister didn’t get the gene because she doesn’t read as much as my parents and I do.

By: Booksquare

Booksquare — Thu, 12 May 2005 06:23:46 +0000

I was that kid, too. Wore the eyeglasses. Had Lasik. Totally miss my glasses (sometimes…did you know that there are numbers on the alarm clock?). Wouldn’t trade the bad eyesight and squinting for all the television in the world.

By: SKL

SKL — Wed, 11 May 2005 19:30:17 +0000

I was the kid under the covers with a book and a flashlight until three in the morning — and yes, as Grandma warned me, it ruined my eyes. But now I write all day AND get to wear killer glasses, and life doesn’t get so much better than that.

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Wed, 11 May 2005 17:20:19 +0000

Wow, sounds like fun! I would have loved this as either a student or a teacher. And I’m with the kid in the article – forget Moby Dick. (G) Give me something more interesting.