Chesapeake reading program has kids in a 180

Hampton Roads Pilot ^ | 2-24-08 | Amy Coutee

[Marysecretary]

I’ll have to check that one out. Thanks. The Secret Garden with Margaret O’Brien has always been a favorite movie. They made a sequel not too long ago, when the young heroine grows up and runs an orphanage or a school of some kind. That wasn’t too bad but it can’t beat the original.

[AnAmericanMother]

LOL! Now I've seen everything!

Jane lies in Winchester -- blessed be her shade!
Praise the Lord for making her, and her for all she made!
And while the stones of Winchester, or Milsom Street, remain,
Glory, love, and honour unto England's Jane!

- Rudyard Kipling, "The Janeites"

[AnAmericanMother]

I'm a fast reader, but was never quite that fast. It's certainly handy when you have to get through a lot of material (which I have to do on my job). But as I've gotten older I've slowed down a bit on purpose when I'm reading for pleasure, so as to enjoy it more.

It's like not eating a very fine meal as quickly as you might eat something just to stave off hunger.