Early Morning and a Current Read

I woke the first time to the alarm going off at 3:15 am.  Paul had to leave for the airport by 4:15 for his flight to Chicago.  I wrestled with myself as to whether I should get up with him to say good-bye or just say good-bye while under the warm down comforter with Neko at my feet.  I decided on the later.  

I woke the second time at 6:15.  It was a struggle to extract myself from the bed.  Alix and Chance felt the same way.  They finally appeared downstairs twenty minutes before we had to leave for school.  

As much as I wanted to retreat back up to bed after dropping them off I had to tackle the day.  My knitting group was meeting at my house this evening .  With ginger-spiced cookies filling the house with a late autumn aroma I vacuumed the house with Neko barking his disapproval. After lunch I let myself sit with a cup of coffee and a couple still warm cookies to finish the wonderful children's book Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. I was inspired to read this book after listening to an interview with Selzick on NPR.  This book was amazingly creative and the illustrations (over 400 pages out of 600) are stunning.


    In the first of two alternating stories, Ben is struck deaf moments after discovering a clue to his father’s identity, but undaunted, he follows the clue’s trail to the American Museum of Natural History, in New York City. Flash to Rose’s story, told simultaneously through pictures, who has also followed the trail of a loved one to the museum--only 50 years before Ben. Selnick’s beautifully detailed illustrations draw the reader inside the museum’s myriad curiosities and wonders, following Ben and Rose in their search for connection. Ultimately, their lives collide in a surprising and inspired twist that is breathtaking and life-affirming. --Seira Wilson