As you read my postings to this blog the entries may seem to be unrelated, but they in fact do weave a scenario that can be resolved if you look further. When I was very young my dentist allowed me to keep a National Geographic with a story about famous caves; I believe it was about Mammoth Cave. Later I would subscribe to this wonderful magazine and save them for many years figuring that someday I could deal with reading them instead of just focusing on the pictures. I didn’t know that I had a problem because I was trying to read high contrast black print on shiny bright white paper. I also bought books, lots of books. They got stored in boxes because there were so many. Once again I hoped the day would come when I could get through them.I didn’t read our magazines and newspapers either. This is interesting because I earned most of my college money by being a pressman’s apprentice at The Toledo Blade Newspaper in Toledo, Ohio from May, 1960, through December, 1965.

I am reminded of a quote attributed to Cicero: “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”