tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859967.post113728818466101304..comments2024-02-08T03:27:16.673-04:00Comments on Nicholas Laughlin's blog etc.: Nicholas Laughlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636815243848162408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859967.post-1137445119006948592006-01-16T16:58:00.000-04:002006-01-16T16:58:00.000-04:00No, I don't think it's online reading so much as a...No, I don't think it's online reading so much as a proliferation of obligations & tasks--as I get older I seem to amass projects, I feel there's no time to waste--& I can't remember the last day I got out of bed with no deadline looming close ahead, with a feeling that my time was absolutely free to do what I pleased.<BR/><BR/>Chatwin: I mean that it seems I came across In Patagonia just at the moment when it could do me most good....Nicholas Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636815243848162408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3859967.post-1137437946372139312006-01-16T14:59:00.000-04:002006-01-16T14:59:00.000-04:00"I seem to have less & less time for the fundament..."I seem to have less & less time for the fundamental activity of reading, & I worry that this trend is simply a by-process of growing older & so will not be reversed anytime soon."<BR/><BR/>Does online reading have anything to do with the trend? I know that my time spent reading online digs into what was once spent thumbing actual pages. It's also been bad for my attention span. Once I'm reading something for more than 15 pages - even if it's a 500 page book - I feel like it's time to click a mouse.<BR/><BR/>"I waited far too long--or exactly long enough?--to read Bruce Chatwin's In Patagonia."<BR/><BR/>What's that mean? I think In Patagonia is probably my favorite Chatwin book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com