Half And Half

In the great glass half-empty or half-full debate, I am a hardcore half-emptier. I don’t understand pretending things are rosier than real life. And I really don’t see how my attitude toward the contents of any metaphorical glass are going to influence the sum total of those contents. The ones who call themselves optimists have a name for people like me: pessimist. But people on my side of the glass conundrum have a name for ourselves: realists. Because the real truth is that if half of what you had is gone, feeling good about what you have left, while pleasant, doesn’t bring it back. Having said all that, though, I do feel excited about reaching the halfway point in our book blogging year today. We made it! We’re finally here. We stuck to it, even on challenging days, and now half the year is behind us. But, and here’s where the existential angst comes into play, it’s also with great anticipation that I look forward to the reading moments ahead. I love that everyone in the house is on high-alert for reading every day. I like that the children’s librarian knows Scarlett’s name and Scarlett can recognize the “liberry” when we get close on our bikes. So, what book got the coveted halfway spot? Daddy and Scarlett picked Frank Asch’s Ziggy Piggy And The Three Little Pigs to find out how a new addition to the old fairy tale mixes things up. It’s been half a year and all’s well.


http://www.amazon.com/Ziggy-Piggy-Three-Little-Pigs/dp/1550745158

http://www.frankasch.com/splash.html