She, who always seems so happy in a crowd

This does so make my heart sing. 

Tooli is not a reader.   Boy was a reader, read avidly, re-read, analysed, and proffered opinions. 

Tooli, watched.  Tooli kept her own council. Tooli studied, and counted. 

Any yet, here she sits.  

Engrossed in a book.  

Not just any Book, but an old book.  A book Si gave to me in 1987.  A book we named our first pet after.   A book we love.  A book we still quote. 

She asks frequently, "what is going to happen?"  "What's with the zoos?" we don't tell her, but still she reads. 

I hope she finishes it, i hope she loves it like we do.


Thank you all so much for the congrats on yesterday's post. it was a very scrapily put together blip - I hadn't been very well, and hadn't been out the house. 2000 -  it's a long way, but I don't think my journey is finished.