Gerald Charles Dickens would be so proud of my sons. Last night, at dinner, younger son began a rousing game of 20 Questions meets I-Spy. As older son and I began asking questions about the object he spied with his little eye, he played the distractions beautifully. He kept looking over at the bookcase or the frames on the wall above it rather than where the object was truly located on the top of the secretary desk. He’s seven. He’s good at this.
So we keep asking questions. Older son, in a lovely British accent, asks, “Is it an unwanted creature?”
Laughter filled the dining room.
As we blend Dickens seamlessly into our every day dialogue, we also have begun the journey with the mp3 players. Ironically, no Journey on it yet. Queen, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Earth Wind & Fire, and-dare I write it-Justin Bieber are loaded on to it. I need to try some ebooks too. Just not sure which books to start with for them.
Speaking of books, I am reading a wonderful book at the moment, available through Amazon for your Kindle or through Barnes & Noble in my favorite version-real pages, titled The Worldly Affairs of Lord Gosham by Kurt M. Schiller. The language is positively delightful. It has a feel of the romantics and I am savoring the book for as long as I can. A quote from the back cover:
“…a farcical world of secret societies, wild-eyed poets, and dastardly bassoonists (perhaps the most detestable of all musicians).”
Bassoonists are dastardly-who knew! Read the book and get lost in the lives of the characters and the lyrical language. I also wouldn’t mind going to the home of Lord Gosham-sounds divine (even the west wing)!
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