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Getting Drawn In

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“Gardens are a form of autobiography.” ~Sydney Eddison 

The other night, I read my first e-book! I don’t have an e-reader yet, but I downloaded Kindle onto my laptop (yes, it is possible!).  I decided to give digital books a whorl, by taking advantage of a free e-book, available until Labor Day. “When Hummers Dream” was my book of choice.  It is on the Kindle best selling free e-book list. http://bit.ly/rgRNo1.

You might ask –“Did you like reading by digital format, rather than having a book in hand?”  I dunno! I was too involved in waltzing through a painting of a gorgeous garden created by words of author Mara Purl to notice. Which, I suppose supports the argument that if a book is fulfilling, it really does not matter which format you use. Good books come via hardcover, paper bound volumes, audio and digital forms. The choices have been expanded by one more platform with the addition of e-books. 

There was one drawback, however, to downloading Kindle on my laptop computer, rather than having an independent e-reading device. I was too tempted to quickly peek to find out if I had any urgent emails.  I overcame that urge by deciding to fully enjoy my stroll through the place of enchantment where hummingbirds dream. I followed along the path of the little winged creature as it flew among hollyhocks, soared above the blue and purple flags of iris and indulged in the essence of the scented flora. 

Let’s face it – the distractions are there when reading books in print, too. Thoughts of a decadent ice cream treat, a steamy cup of tea ……a sound of an intriguing voice can interrupt a journey through a wonderful storyline of any book.  But a good read http://bit.ly/cPS5QL will always draw you back in, time and time again.

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Lightening Loads for Students

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“The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Students today, they have it made in the shade!!! More and more schools are beginning to think “sustainability” and are using e-books to educate their students. Fewer back breaking backpacks to haul around. One little tablet, sometimes with dimensions of as little as six or seven inches, across and down, and an inch or two thick has the capacity to download any textbook a student needs. 

As this e-book phenomenon continues to grow, it will be interesting to see the integration of e-readers into classrooms. The question remains, what is the best e-reader for college needs and can students learn as well using e-readers as those who use books in print? For more information on this issue, please go to this USA Today article. http://usat.ly/cYgxNz. 

School will be starting in another few weeks. I remember each new school year began with trepidation. The new teacher, unfamiliar faces in the classroom, homework, the tests, the term papers…..I never really made friends with any of it until I hit college, and then I really thrived. I became a decent student and enjoyed my classes and studies. But even in college, there was one thing that weighed heavily on my mind and on my back that I disliked about school – carrying the dreaded backpack filled with heaps of books.

I never could reconcile in my mind why after decades and decades of printing and binding textbooks, publishers never figured out a way to make lighter books.  Now they have! 

As far as sustainability goes, e-readers will indeed save backs of children from being stressed by carrying too much weight and lessen the burden and dilemma of what to do with no longer needed textbooks, too. 

Why didn’t someone think of digital reading devices when I was still a  student?

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