Lainesblog Thinking Out Loud

It is so much fun to spend a day reading, even if it is loaded with guilt, it is pure pleasure!

Writers of fiction are magicians who conjure up characters and places and whole lives of people we believe exist.

We root for them, or we want to know them, or we are afraid of them.

This photograph, taken in Mt. Dora, Florida, is the charming facade of the Dickens-Reed bookstore.

Two children are depicted sitting under a shelf of books, reading together.

They are surrounded by books.

In the windows are reflections of the vehicles that take us in and out of our busy lives.

Finding balance between the busyness and the quiet is challenging.

A good book can help.

The facade was created by artist Thomas Merrell.