Regarding Reading ...

Reading is inexpensive. It provides a pathway to virtually ‘free’ education. It opens our mind to adventure. It provokes our imagination. reading motivates and inspires. It instructs. It transports us. As I read somewhere on the inter-webs …

“You don't need a measure of treasure to fly

to sporting success on a broom in the sky

to Eros alone in the sight of the stars

to space on a ship that's intended for Mars.

You don't need a mountain of money to go

where Peter and Susan await in the snow

where planets contend and defend for a spice

where Alice adventures with Hatters and mice.

You don't need a wallet of wealth and of worth

to start on a journey across Middle-Earth

to fight in the night with your sword and your steed

You don't need a fund or a fortune to read”