A Chapter A Day

[Lip Service]

A new  study says reading helps you live longer

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5105607/#R3

[Gloria Helmer / Datsunlvr]

Guess I'll live forever then. Between research for my writing (and sometimes just for pleasure!) and editing, reading is an every day thing and has been for a long time! LOL!

[rapa]

I'm with you, Dat! Been reading since a munchkin.  Read at least 3 hours every night. I do check the obits in the newspaper every morning to see who lived!

[Ursula]

Rapa, did you happen to see Carl Reiner's documentary, If You're Not in the Obits, Eat Breakfast?  He gathered a group of nonagenarians (I think that means people over 90) to discuss the rewards of living a long life.  The cast included Tony Bennett, Mel Brooks, Kirk Douglas, Fyvush Finkel (if you don't recognize the name, I know you would recognize his face!), Norman Lear, Dick Van Dyke, and Betty White.

BY the way, the title came from his habit of reading the obits every morning; a habit I also have.

[rapa]

No, I missed that..  Drat!!!!  Will Goggle it. Obits in our paper usually only appear for one day.  If I miss it most likely would miss visitation. 

BTW, saw your pic on The March!  Lookin' good!

[Lyn]

of course it does.........it lets your imagination soar, you visit new places, meet new people.  It engages your brain and motivates dreaming

[Beezerette]

I am going to include audio books, which help keep me alert when I have to drive longer distances.  Out here on the prairie the scenery can get boring and lull one into dullness!

[Lip Service]

The reader of the audiobook is extremely important. It is another dimension to the work itself. Most professional readers are wonderful to listen to. I have come across some audiobooks where the reader ruined it (for me at least)