Explore the world from your own home

Then tell us in a comment where you've traveled recently in a book.

Although this illustration says "the world,"

feel free to share outer space or other worlds, if that's where you went.

So do you want to know where I have been traveling in my book?

In Costa Rica with a 12-year-old who wanted a monkey for himself.

He's the main character in The Monkey Thief (read about it HERE).

Armchair traveling

Armchair traveling is akin to teleportation, which I wrote about recently.  Sit in your comfy chair — or stretch out on your bed or sofa or hammock — and pick up a book.  That's all it takes.  Read, and you are on your way to adventure or hanging out with fictional friends.  "Book" your own destination by choosing what to read.  Would you like to see Japan or Hawaii or South Africa?  A book is your ticket to explore the world or outer space or fantasy land or anywhere else you can imagine.  Do it all with the help of a book — and maybe a librarian.

Then tell us in a comment where you've traveled recently in a book.

My weird lunch yesterday

The illustration shows somebody else's lunch, since I didn't think to take a photo of mine.  I was hungry, was trying to think what sounded good (before even going into the kitchen), and came up with spinach and beets.  After taking a look inside my fridge, I added cottage cheese to my list.  Hey, it's white like that spinach salad with beets, walnuts, and goat cheese (or their feta cheese option.)

I started tasting it while standing at the kitchen counter, so Clawdia came asking for some of whatever I was eating.  I put down a smidgen of cottage cheese, but she turned up her nose at it.  I don't have croutons, and I did not think of walnuts before I gobbled it down.  My spinach was from a can, but it was still a good combination of tastes.

Joke from Reader's Digest (100 funniest jokes of all time):  Did you hear . . . about  the veterinarian who prescribes birth-control pills for dogs?  It’s part of an anti-litter campaign. — Larry Wolters (RD Issue: January 1970)

International Mother Language Day is a United Nations initiative first celebrated in 2000.  It falls on February 21 each year. so it was this past week.  Read about it HERE.

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz

hosts The Sunday Salon.