Monday Musings

Today is Labor Day, a day of rest, a reward for hard-working laborers. Many spend a last summer day at the beach or picnic with family and friends. But for others it's a perfect time to settle into a comfortable chair with a book, to get lost in another world. If I'm immersed in a book, one more page can easily turn into one more chapter, and then, another, as the hands of the clock spin past minutes and hours. What are you reading today? Have you read Almanac: The Four Seasons ? Winter and spring have passed, summer is waning, and fall is imminent. Come take a journey through the seasons, via my poetry book, on National Read A Book Day. Author JL Huffman

 I challenge you to be the first to buy Almanac: The Four Seasons in September. Game on!

As an author, I strive to write on a daily basis, many times my work consists of individual poems, but I continue to labor on my first novel. Indeed, lots of coffee is required to turn out books. As readers, we celebrate Book Lovers Day. Early writers transcribed their thoughts onto clay tablets and papyrus scrolls. Eventually, the Chinese invented paper and woodblock printing, in the 1st century AD. The 15th century Gutenberg printing press widened the availability of books to the common person. In America, our  o ldest bookstore is in Bethlehem, PA. The Moravian Book Shop opened in 1745. Hardback books were prestigious in the early 1900s, but in 1937 paperbacks burst into the market. Computer technology permitted digitized books. In the 1980s, the first CD format book, an encyclopedia, was produced. Today’s bibliophiles may still hold an actual book in their hands or turn to more current options, like ebooks or audiobooks. What are you reading? Author JL Huffman