It starts with a book.

It all starts with a book.

I wrote this blog post out on paper as part of my 100 words 100 days challenge, as I was away from (most) technology over Easter weekend.  I was glad, as it gave me more time to focus on family.

We participated in a big family Easter meal on Sunday.  Two sets of grandmothers, three daughters families, family friends.  The meal and the company was wonderful, flowing through the usual topics of college, future lives and current job happenings. Guitar playing, children laughing.

Then, as happens each time this big crew gets together, it turned to a book. It always happens.  This time we were discussing It Starts with Food by Melissa Hartwig and Paleo Solution by Rob Wolff. (Probably because we had just stuffed ourselves on pork roast an wine.)  However, inevitably these talks turn to books that work the brain- Blink, Tipping Point, even Understanding a Framework for Poverty by Ruby Payne. My family even has a joke after these big meals which you Payne fans would appreciate-- we ask "Did you  get enough?" and then immediately follow with (without stopping) "How was the presentation?"

These talks always end with someone on Amazon prime on their phone, ordering a book (or downloading it to their Kindle.)  We pass these books around the family at gatherings, and by mail.  Typically, they end up donated or shared with friends.

I wonder how many other families do this.  Does yours?  Every argument must be backed up with text.  (The Internet on it's own, is never a viable source.)  Where did you read that?

Happy reading folks.  And, happy families.
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