Saturday morning

Before I leave this morning, I have to pack some things to read. I picked up a zine and a book on colour and set out to a coffee shop to ease my way into the weekend. I purchased the zine and the book following my reflection on reference works earlier this week, which had me thinking that I wanted to vary the kinds of books on my shelf.This year I haven’t read many fiction books. Most of my reading has been devoted to textbooks and what I read online: blogs and the news and articles and everything in between. I would love to read more fiction, but I often find it hard to stay focused on longer works, especially when my mind is busy. I used to read often on Saturday mornings, finding comfort in the tradition of some quiet reading times while the world was waking up, but I haven’t followed that tradition in a while. That is, until this morning, where I found myself sitting in a coffee shop, reading my zine and studying my book on colour.The zine I was reading was called “Books as Art…