I wish I read the New York Times every day, really immersed myself in it. We get it delivered, and H. spends at least an hour every morning lost in it, walking to the curb [sometimes in plaid bathrobe] to retrieve the blue bag and unfurl his smart friend.
Our pals Anne and Michael Mernin seem to always manage to read it, and I was in awe that they even did so when their three children were younger--they'd bring the paper to the Bluestone restaurant in Montclair or the Wicked Oyster on Cape Cod and pore over it while having family breakfast and coffee [yet they still calmly paid attention to the kids]. Ruth, my first boss at Good Housekeeping, usually spent her entire lunchtime at her desk, devouring the paper along with a cup of pea soup and crouton [singular] from the coffee shop downstairs. Sis reads it on her Metro North commute to NYC. At my last job, my co-worker/boss Farhan read it at his desk efficiently. I sense that his wife, my friend Kim, who works at home, does the same [though maybe curled ip in a comfy chair]. My Aunt Gloria, my godmother, has long been an avid NY Times reader.
Our pals Anne and Michael Mernin seem to always manage to read it, and I was in awe that they even did so when their three children were younger--they'd bring the paper to the Bluestone restaurant in Montclair or the Wicked Oyster on Cape Cod and pore over it while having family breakfast and coffee [yet they still calmly paid attention to the kids]. Ruth, my first boss at Good Housekeeping, usually spent her entire lunchtime at her desk, devouring the paper along with a cup of pea soup and crouton [singular] from the coffee shop downstairs. Sis reads it on her Metro North commute to NYC. At my last job, my co-worker/boss Farhan read it at his desk efficiently. I sense that his wife, my friend Kim, who works at home, does the same [though maybe curled ip in a comfy chair]. My Aunt Gloria, my godmother, has long been an avid NY Times reader.
This is one of many things on my wish list. I love what I read in the Times but more and more, I just peruse parts of the Sunday magazine, the weekly food section, the Sunday Styles section. I've tried to read it daily, but tend to want to read every article in every section, which could conceivably take the whole day. I couldn't start and then resist or sift, turning some articles down. They all beckoned. Sports and theater, business and news. Advertising, money, real estate, cars.
So I'd often buy the paper on my way to work and then barely skim it, unable to step up to the heavy dinner plate. I do go online to nytimes.com sometimes for pressing reports, but.....I will find a way.
Good night.
TCOY
- Walked Sug around block, and back home from dropping car off again for repair. Forty minutes total.
- Read Sunday Styles section and enjoyed it. Felt like a luxury.
- Made whole-grain dill and yogurt bread with Punch from Mollie Katzen's Enchanted Broccoli Forest cookbook. Never mind that small sous chef got some dill into the pot of tea, too.
- Huge mug hot tea.
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Having the Times delivered made me feel guilty, as the unread papers piled up and went unread into the recycling bin and the blue bags spilled out of the recycle sack and all over the hallway. Now I get digital access and actually read it more, on the phone or computer, whenever I have a few moments. It's easier to surf through head lines and click through on something interesting, and a good system for noting something to go back to when I have more time.
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Nan
Good morning, Nan. I like that--as always, your words are wise. I'm a compulsive recycler and I hate wasting, too. Have a good day. Xo Alice
ReplyDeleteAlice, I go in waves and often lots goes unread. I'm trying to read it first before I hit the damned computer and go down the rabbit hole. I hear Nan and appreciate her strategy, but I still like the paper, you know?
ReplyDeleteThis is a dilemma for a lot of us. We already feel like outliers for getting the paper edition of the Inquirer, but we will never give it up. We enjoy the experience of each reading our sections, James reading his, being able to pass over a section if there's a story we think Nora would like. Luke will join in someday.
ReplyDeleteThat said, you can read the Inquirer in about 15 minutes these days. :( It's not nearly as meaty as the NYT. Pete covets a paper NYT subscription, too, but time is definitely a consideration. (Moreso than cost.)
Also, Alice, garnish vs. meat is a very nice metaphor! I would have to read the Times as garnish, too, and that's OK.
ReplyDeleteHi Eileen and Kim. I definitely like to hold it in my hands though sometimes gets light clothing or leather accessories dirty...,I'm glad I'm not alone in this boat of trying to sink my teeth into it ;). Alice
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