Reading on a regular basis is proving to be more challenging than I had anticipated. When the Geriatrics are at work, I have piano lessons to teach. When they come home for the day, there IS NO WAY to get any reading done! The concept of having silence in the house is completely lost on them. Right now as I am writing this post, the television is murmuring some 25 feet away while they carry on a conversation over the volume of the boob tube! Needless to say, I am fed up and just want to get some reading done!!!!!
So….I’ve gotten about 90 minutes of reading done this week in The Sins of the Fathers. I think my time working my way through The Grapes of Wrath has sadly come to an end. Without prolonged times of quiet available to me, I just can’t get through the book. I’m finding other things to occupy my time since I can’t devote myself to reading, but I am fearful that I will get out of the habit of daily reading in the process. I worked so hard to train myself to spend some time every day with my nose in a book. But I’ve also learned that I can only successfully do that without distraction. I’m not a reader who can make significant progress if there is the slightest bit of noise going on in my environment. So….my updates for the next few weeks may just be “same song, second verse.” I’m trying to find another solution to get back into a reading routine, but I’m not having much success in that area so far.
Reading for Me 
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