Roger DeBlanck's Blog - Posts Tagged "bookmarks"

It dawned on me as I finished Anthony Doerr’s remarkable memoir Four Seasons in Rome that the bookmark I’ve been using for nearly two decades has been with me everywhere I’ve traveled. Even on vacation, a book must come with me, and so my longstanding bookmark has come along too. Ironically, this bookmark has a Labrador Retriever on it, and it’s proven to be my loyal companion through the reading of thousands of books over the years. When I think of the places my bookmark has been, it has made its way across the continental U.S. and visited both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. It has been to New York and New Jersey, Los Angeles and San Diego, Miami and Orlando, and the islands of Oahu and Maui. Perhaps someday it will make its way abroad to London, Paris, or even Rome, where it would be a delight to reread Doerr’s breathtaking memoir about the great city. Regardless, my old, faithful bookmark has been with me a long a time, just like a loyal dog, and it’s kept my page marked through countless unforgettable reading experiences.

Roger 8-)