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Tag: reading
Readers, a mystery to solve.
Any sci-fi readers out there, I need your help please. I have a mystery I’ve been unable to solve.
I can’t tell you much, but I’ll tell you what I can.
In the early to mid 90’s I borrowed a book from the library, and little bits of it just stuck with me, but for the life of me I can remember the title or author of the book. No-one I have asked since, has ever recognised it.
So this book had a scientist/genetics expert in it, he and his wife had a child, and as far as I remember unknown to her he altered the child’s genes to make it super intelligent.
Continuing onwards said child is born, and around 10 months old (I think) starts suddenly talking in the supermarket saying things like coffee, and spaghetti.
I am hoping you can help me find the book again. I’d like to re-read it. Thankyou to all my wonderful readers.
The Stubborn, yet anxious Marshmallow.
If there was a biography about you, what would the title be?
The heading of this post, could well be the title of my autobiographical if I wrote one. Why, I hear you say. Well this is why….
I’m definitely stubborn, if I wasn’t I wouldn’t be here today. I’ve defied Dr’s all along and lived despite my medical conditions and physical disabilities.
Anxious, yes I am. I hide it well, possibly too well at times. So when I admit it, people think I’m being dramatic.
Marshmallow is me, I can come across harsh and bossy at times, but underneath all that determination and strong views I am a real softy.
So I think that explains the title. What would yours be called, and why?
Hidden secrets.
As a child I loved reading mystery stories, you know, those ones with smugglers and other crimes too.
Apart from the excitement of finding out what was going to happen next, and who the guilty person was, and their capture. I was also absolutely fascinated by all the secret passageways and hidden entrances.
The ‘detectives’ in these books were often children, such and those in the ‘Famous Five’ stories. Gosh didn’t they have amazing adventures and such freedom too!!
My nearest city has secret (well old) passages underneath it, and I’d love to be able to go down there and explore. What an incredible and interesting experience that would be.
Ideal reading zone.
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like?
I love reading and always have done. I grew up reading all sorts of books, fiction, true stories, adventure, crime, magical, mystery and more.
Books take you into a whole new world, each one is different, and you can’t help but learn something from each new book you read. These new worlds deserve a special place in which to be enjoyed and savoured from the real world in which we live.
If I could have a special area/room just for reading in, then this is what I’d love to create….. A room with two opposite walls filled with bookshelves, one end wall would have a bay window with a deep window seat with angled ends which could act as a back rest if desired.
There would be plenty of cushions and a lovely Sherpa fleece drapped to one side to snuggle up in whilst reading, and a flip round table on which to rest the book if wanted.
At the other end of the room would be a real working fireplace, and to one side there would be a mini fridge containing milk and butter, there would also be tea and hot chocolate things along with bread, as well as a kettle and toaster so you could spend all day in there drinking tea and eating freshly made toast.
No, I didn’t forget the door, that would be a secret hidden left for you to discover how to get into my little private hideaway library.
5 things I can do well.
Share five things you’re good at.
1. Having a disability means that I have had to learn to think outside of the box, and develop my own way to do things. Sometimes it might look bizarre, or even dangerous but if it works don’t knock it.
2. I can shoot, yes I do target shooting using an air pistol. This is something I love doing, and have been doing at a wonderful family run shooting range about 20 minutes drive from where I live.
3. Read fairly quickly, I thoroughly enjoy reading a good book. Mostly I opt for true stories/biographies type books, but will give most genres a try.
4. Shopping, I adore mooching around shops and browsing for items and potential gifts. I’m good at finding a bargain. Managed to bag a whole lot of brand new tops from a shop that was closing down a few years back. When I worked out the average cost of each item, it came to 34p per item!! They’ve all been worn, so none were unused purchases.
5. Planning ahead, and making sure there’s back-up plan in case of problems or lack of access. This is a must have skill set if you’re a wheelchair user. Each part of a journey has to be planned ahead, and alternative routes saved on the phone for emergencies. Checking access ahead of arrival, also eating places, and the whereabouts of accessible loos. Ensuring step free access all along, and booking transport assistance, tickets to events in advance making it totally clear that help with ramps is vital, and I cannot stand, let alone walk a step, so full awareness of this is on record at destination and en-route.
A life without needing sleep…
If you didn’t need sleep, what would you do with all the extra time?
What an awful thought, I actually like sleeping, it recharges both your brain and the rest of your body, allowing you to process things subconsciously and replay emotions through dreams.
If I didn’t need sleep, I would read more, and craft more whilst everyone else was peacefully snoozing. The only problem with this is the dog would either be wanting a fuss, or extra walks, so not much extra reading would get done.
Access, Inclusion, & Other Stuff. 