Doorways to many worlds - Family Room Series
After a short break I’m back to my “Family Room Series” of photos for a few more days. I couldn’t envision a family room without books. I love to read and books have played a large part in my life.
My love of reading began at an early age with my mother reading to me. I quickly wanted to learn to read for myself and explore the magic hiding in those pages.
I can remember being so excited in elementary school when the school had “Book Fairs” where we’d get to bring home a list and order form to pick out books we could order for ourselves. I’d study those listed books for hours and then sit with my Mom or Dad and go over my “wants” to see what they would let me order. After the orders were returned to school it was difficult waiting for them to arrive. When they were delivered to school they were handed out for us to take home. I felt I had treasures in those books.
With reading I learned of worlds I hardly knew existed but quickly learned to imagine and enjoy.
The “Jack and Jill Magazine” (ages 8 to 12) was also a source of adventure, education and reading enjoyment during a number of summers. Oh, and comic books — man, I loved those things!
I’ve always seen books as a primary means for learning. Many years ago while living near Washington, DC, I was looking for a job to bring me back home to NC. I’d heard of this manufacturing company that was looking for a Systems Analysis in an Information Systems Shop programming in RPG on an IBM AS/400 system. Now while I had some computer experience I knew nothing about RPG or an AS/400 — I didn’t know what RPG (Report Program Generator) stood for and couldn’t have begin to tell you anything about what an AS/400 was.
A couple of books and quick study over a period of a few days got me that job which led to three promotions and 18 years. So I’ve never seen books as simply entertainment. 
The above photo is a few books pulled from the bookshelves in our family room and of course down front is my Amazon Kindle, used for much of my current reading. The white case of the Kindle is blown out a bit. I pushed it a bit with spotlighting to make it pop and draw the eye to that area — I wanted a feeling of energy.
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