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| Dad's well read copy |
Tomorrow is the 3rd Anniversary of my Father's death. I usually unpack my Red/White/Blue Bunting and hang it on my balcony on April 5th, and leave it up until the 4th of July to honor my Dad. I will do this this year also. I picked up two books to look at that I had brought back to Missouri with me from Texas. One: THINGS I BELIEVE IN, I had purchased and given to Dad. The Second: GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL, Dad had bought for himself and talked about a lot when we were together. It was a bestseller in my Bookstore but I had never gotten around to reading it. When I saw it in Dad's old study I brought it home with me. Yesterday when I picked up this book I was surprised to find Dad's notes in the margins and his scribbles on maps and charts in the book. He treated it like a text book and underlined passages he liked or thought important. It was like going back in time to see his hand writing and ideas written in his book. I can hear his voice talking about the ideas expressed about our civilization in Jared Diamond's book. I just finished reading a book (reading is a generous term, I ended up skipping through the parts that I didn't like), so I'm ready to start a new read. I am looking forward to reading this along side the notes by my Dad...
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| My Dad's hand written notes |
