Sunday Stills "High Tech/Low Tech

I have been a reader my whole life. I will read just about anything but am pretty partial to American history, especially of the West. It has not been unusual for me to be reading three books at once. I always had a book in the car or truck to read when I was waiting for my boys to come out of football or basketball practice. My two favorite places to read are a good rocking chair and the bathtub. I started reading to my boys when before they were a year old. When they were growing up, a trip to the library might have us bringing home twenty books between the three of us. My granddaughter is carrying on
with our love of books and reading. Her mom is a reader too (and a high school English teacher!).
Two years ago, one of my boys gave me a Zune for Mothers' Day. I do listen to music on it but I have discovered books that I can load onto my pink Zune! Now I listen to a good story or biography with or without earphones as I go thru my day. I listen to a book about  Teddy Roosevelt's time here in the badlands as I feed cows. This summer, I listened to a mystery while I was swathing hay. The first thing I do when I get in the truck after putting my seatbelt on is plug in my Zune so I can hear another good book as I go down the road. I stilll like to be able to switch back and forth between books, so I always have at least two books loaded on the Zune.
High tech or low tech, a good book is a thing to treasure. There is a time and place for each of them. High tech is good for those times in the truck or when I can't sleep at night. I put my earphones in and listen to a book without waking my sleeping husband up by turning on the light. The low tech side will never relinquish it's place for relaxing in the tub. Never will the high tech replace a real book held in my hands as my grandkids sit in my lap as I read to them.