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ThurberMingus · 2683 days ago · link · · parent · post: Pubski: December 14, 2016

Life is good. Work is in the slow, mostly just a push to get all the technical data organized before Christmas.

My wife and I have been reading The Hobbit aloud to each other in the evenings. I am really starting to like reading aloud and listening to her read. I get more absorbed in books than I do in most movies or TV shows. And reading a book aloud is way more communal than TV is most of the time.

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user-inactivated · 2683 days ago · link ·

My wife and I have been reading The Hobbit aloud to each other in the evenings.

Dude. That's fucking brilliant.

+discuss+discuss

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ThurberMingus · 2683 days ago · link ·

I have a bunch of great nostalgic memories of my parents reading to my siblings and me. Reading aloud to someone is a gift of time and attention.

And the person listening has eyes and hands free for things like crafts or cooking or cleaning.

+discuss+discuss

Cedar · 2683 days ago · link ·

I sometimes read to my wife in bed, it helps her get to sleep; last book we read was The Hobbit, it's a really sweet thing to do for each other and now I'm digging around looking for the next book to read!