This sighting made me happy! A restaurant on the Oregon coast….a sweet family of four enjoying dinner together conversing and laughing and watching the sea…..and then, as the dark took away the view and as Mom and Dad settled back to finish their wine, the girls each pulled out …… NOT iPhones or iPads or iPods….. but a book!!! I wanted to do a dance and skip a jig!
I couldn't help it….I excused myself for interrupting and then told them how thrilled I was to see this and could I snap a photo please. They were from the Netherlands traveling the USA this summer. We congratulated them on their World Cup success and then my friend, who's grandmother was a cousin of Laura Ingalls Wilder, struck up a conversation with the one reading Little House on the Prairie, sharing stories her grandmother had told her.
I am wondering today why I have started falling out of the habit of always taking books into the restaurant with my grandkids….why I have my iPhone at the ready when they finish eating and get restless. It's time to go back to books. Yes, I keep a stack of books between their carseats but I need to schlep that bag of books into the restaurant like I used to. I am grateful to this wonderful family for reminding me of that.
Wonderful images, Margie! Keep your writerly energy flowing. We all need the moral support. Btw, the next Red Wheelbarrow get together is September 6th - 4pm at Uisce. `Twould be good to have you there . . . along with Rody and Victoria.
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