1. I love Books. I have to say that l literally cannot go to bed at night without having a book that l am reading on my bedside locker. I keep a stash of my favourites in my bedside locker, firstly because l just absolutely love them and secondly l can dip in and out of them if l am in the unusual predicament of not having a book.
I do dream of having a book store, a quirky one with seats dotted around it where you can stop and read. I know a beautiful bookstore in Kinsale Co.Cork that is the nicest book store l've been to. It has newspaper reviews of the books taped onto shelf in front of the mentioned book, they do little cards with a review of each book, they write little bits about authors. I love it..the only thing l long for when there is a cuppa..which leads me to
2. I love tea, love cafes, tea rooms and all sorts of shops that sell tea, cups, teabags, tea leaf and so on.
I would love a tea room of my own see my blog on dream job where l outline such a dream...
I do think the bringing togethere of the tea room and the quirky bookshop- the book cafe to be the dream marriage really. I went, many years ago, to a fab book store in New York, which was quite near the NEw York State Library. You could get a coffee and take the book you liked from the shelf and bring it into the adjoining cafe and read it and see if you liked it. THis blew me away...in fact l have yet to explore but have driven past a cafe, again in Kinsale, where l believe you can drink tea/coffee and read books, possibly a book swop cafe....must check this out for wonderfulness..
3. MUSIC how l love thee. l just love music, all sorts, fast slow trad, folk, country, house, dance, punk, indie,opera l love all sorts. I once told someone my taste in music was very ecclectic, they reckoned l said Electric and were making all sorts of approving noises- I did not have the heart to correct them.."Are friends electric"??
I use music to cheer me up on a sad day, l use it on good days to express my joy, l use it to boost my energy levels, l use it when exercising to crank it up a notch, l use it for fun-dancing with the kids.
I have some music that l openly love, then l have other music that l share with friends with similar music taste, sometimes people are blown away by types of music l like but they had never known, and l can see they are impressed or maybe look at me in a whole new light..Then there is my guilty pleasure music, there are a range of songs that are just for me- they are reserved for listening to in private or singing in the shower and its not that l would deny l like them, l just may not necessarily publicly declare my love for them....
4 Movies
I have a lifelong love affair with the movie. I dont hold much water with movie critics because l think they must be deprived of any joy what with trying to watch a movie on about four different levels and trying to find mistakes in it so they can write about it and try to outdo each other.
I just love movies. I love the cinema, l love dvds, l love watching movies on the tv..and if its a movie l like l can watch it many many times...l have lots of these favourites and they are a great source of comfort , like a really good friend.
The real challenge is when one of my favourite books is made into a movie......oooooooohhhh. but again, l am not one of those precious movie critics who waits to tear strips off the book blockbuster turned movie. you just have to accept that it will be different, not just the characters who you would have visualised differently, but parts of the movie may vary, possibly even the end. so you have to enter into the relationship of your book turned movie experience with a very open mind.
5. TRAVEL & DREAMS OF TRAVEL
When l was young and living at home with my parents l always turned the newspaper to the weather report section. The reason being that it listed lots of places around the world and gave the weather for each. l was fascinated, l would look at the hottest places, the coldest places, the wettest, windiest, sunniest etc. I imagined being able to go to some of them. As l got older and finally got the chance to begin my adventures abroad l remember my childhood fascination with the weather section of the paper so l would look through this over the years and on occassion take a pen and begin to tick off all the places l have been too. I am now proud to say l have many many ticks completed and hopefully many more to follow.
there is nothing more amazing than travel and l have a list of places l would like to go to. It helps to be prepared, just in case the opportunity arises, l will be ready to go >:)
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