Wednesday, August 3, 2022

August 3: Summer Enjoyment

The heat has returned...90 today...97 tomorrow!  Thank goodness for air conditioning!  We still have only one for the main floor with fans distributing the air, but if it gets too bad, we congregate in the living room where the ac unit is installed.

I have finished packing all the fabric plus the bathroom in the lower level.  I have also packed some kitchen things like recipe books, etc.  I am really running out of things to pack.  Guess I need to concentrate on some other things like adding my photographs (taken with a camera) onto my computer - not something I enjoy.  But many of the pictures have faded and are completely gone, so it is something I need to do.

However, I have found that the easiest way to do it is to take a picture of the photograph on my phone, download to my computer, edit it if needed and add captions.  I tried scanning them and that was not only time consuming, but the pictures were not the greatest.

Today's focus is reading and I was wondering if any of you belong to a book club.  I have two friends and we get together every other week on zoom to discuss the book that we are currently reading which so have have been non-fiction books.  I have also belonged to a reading club on line and a long time ago one in person book club.  

All three groups offer benefits but I find that I like the one with my two friends best.  Yes, we do spend time catching up with each other, but then we do discuss the book.   The online book club was more of a listening situation for me.  When the leader was a well known expert in the same area as the book, it was very enlightening.  

Meeting in person at the time was a great way to read books because it got me out of the house and it was far easier to contribute to the discussion.  Of course, it was many years ago and it was a group that discussed current issues.

If you do not belong to a book club maybe the best way to find out if it is something you would enjoy is talking with a couple friends.  If you are not a reader, it would help you to start reading.  And you can catch up with your friends.  You can meet either online or in person whichever works for you and your friends.  Give it a try and be sure to read a book that interests all of you.

Talk with you tomorrow...