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We are lucky to live in the here and now
More than one life it is possible to lead
Always supposing we have learned how to read
Books galore – whatever your fancy
Other worlds, other words
Romance, adventure, true life and fiction
In all the tongues of the world
Recordings will suffice with clear diction
Or projection of pictures, both moving and still
One can also discover (uncover) a skill
Life imitating art mimicking life…
But remember life is for living
We are starring in it –
So don’t waste a minute…
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©Denise G Allen, 24 April 2013 05:51
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24/04/2013 at 8:59 am
Awesome post. We’re living in the here and now
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24/04/2013 at 9:07 am
If we read or watch movies, we are also living parts of other lives in our imagination… Thanks, Nic. 🙂
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24/04/2013 at 11:14 am
You tell about life in a such a real way, Denise … kudos
blessings ~ maxi
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24/04/2013 at 12:50 pm
Thanks, Maxi. ♥
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24/04/2013 at 11:16 am
And don’t waste a minute worrying about wasting one either. 😉
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24/04/2013 at 12:49 pm
😀
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24/04/2013 at 12:28 pm
nice warning…life is for living…and we def should not take that for granted as it is all over way too fast…
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24/04/2013 at 12:50 pm
You said it, Brian. 🙂
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24/04/2013 at 9:55 pm
So very true, adee. Seize the day. 🙂
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25/04/2013 at 8:23 am
So true, AD, and how much time is wasted… 🙂 but is it really?
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25/04/2013 at 9:31 am
Here and Now seems the most important to me, Denise.
But I, who am not a habitual reader nowadays, have just rediscovered Edgar Wallace, whose books I loved as a young man. So I too have been living vicariously for a day or two.
Nice post Denise. Thank you
John
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25/04/2013 at 9:43 am
You won’t believe it, John. I was given a Kindle and have downloaded many of the classics which I have never read. Also some of my favourites like Jane Eyre. And some new-to-me writers’ works. Now I don’t have enough time in my day. We are indeed lucky to be able to experience other lives without, hopefully, neglecting our own. I do miss actual books, but the ebooks are much easier to handle being as light as a feather and my reader has an adjustable backlight so I can read easily in bed. Thank you for commenting. 🙂
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03/05/2013 at 10:50 am
Have you been on to any of the Sanders series? I suppose they would NOT be regarded as PC, these days …
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03/05/2013 at 2:31 pm
I have just googled Sanders series:
Sanders Brothers Duo Hits The Bestseller’s List – Barbara Freethy
http://www.barbarafreethy.com/sanders-brothers-duo-hits-the-bestsellers-list/
Sanders Brothers Duo Hits The Bestseller’s List. Published: November 30, 2011. Thank you for making SILENT RUN and SILENT FALL USA Today Bestsellers!
I had never heard of the author or the books, but that doesn’t mean anything… Would you recommend them, Col?
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03/05/2013 at 10:54 am
True!
Did you ever read any of the Richmal Crompton ‘William’ series? William’s sister lived in a fantasy world where she was the heroine in a movie, and she kept doing and saying everything while imagining the shots of her doing and saying them on the big screen.
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03/05/2013 at 2:26 pm
We did have a Just William book or two floating around our house when I was a child, but I didn’t read them. I had a fancy when I was very young and was first introduced to the cinema, that perhaps we were being filmed unaware and that was how movies were made. Perhaps lots of children imagine that. 🙂
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