One of things I sometimes miss is being able to afford magazines. While I know there are many cool things that can be seen and read about online, I still love the feel and look of a magazine, especially one with good writing and gorgeous photographs.
When we recently got an offer to subscribe to Smithsonian magazine for less than a dollar an issue for a year, I confess I leaped at the chance. Our first issue came yesterday, and I gave myself some late Saturday evening/Sunday afternoon time to enjoy a few of the articles, including a great cover story about lions and a fascinating look at the current NASA mission due to fly-by Pluto next month.
It dawned on me somewhere along the way that I had a very clear picture in my mind of someone else devouring articles with a Smithsonian magazine in her hands: my grandmother, in the years she lived with us when I was growing up.
Apparently I am just as geeky as my grandmother. Which makes me absurdly happy.
2 comments:
This makes me smile. :) What a wonderful bond across the generations! 8-)
It made me smile too. :) I loved my grandmother dearly, but I'd almost forgotten about her reading Smithsonian magazine...until I had one in my hands!
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