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TexasProgresive

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2. I was reading books way above my age that I enjoyed very much.

Reply to gollygee (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 18, 2016, 01:04 PM

Nov 2016

As an old man, I have reread several of those old treasures and found out that while I got something out of them at 10 there was a much deeper understanding at age 66.

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What are you reading this week of November 13, 2016? [View all] TexasProgresive Nov 2016 OP

I am re-reading The Grapes of Wrath because my kid is reading it in school gollygee Nov 2016 #1

I was reading books way above my age that I enjoyed very much. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #2

Good idea..... northoftheborder Nov 2016 #4

Have you seen the movie? It is one of my favorites but probably because japple Nov 2016 #6

I have! gollygee Nov 2016 #7

I've always liked Henry Fonda because he was such a natural. He japple Nov 2016 #8

Thanks and welcome back hermetic Nov 2016 #3

I woke on the 9th shocky TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #5

Shocky is a good term to describe it. I went to bed early, thinking I would japple Nov 2016 #9

I did exactly the same. Went to bed, woke up around midnight and tried to sleep unsuccessfully. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #10

It was like I went to sleep on Tuesday night, Nov. 8 and never japple Nov 2016 #11

I'm glad you have a friend like her. She will heal you. TexasProgresive Nov 2016 #12