I’m a bit concerned this week. Usually we sit together reading. This past week he rarely picks up a book and hasn’t read the paper all week. Several months ago, I began pulling the comic section out and setting it in the paper so he’d see it. He always thanked me and read them.

Now, he accepts the section from me, thanks me and sets it down by his chair.

He wants books and more books – we go to the church thrift shop and he buys several every visit – they add to his collection on the cocktail table, dressers, his den and bedroom bookcase – collections unread. I love watching him go over the book section, carefully choosing his treasures.
The other day, sitting in the living room, I watched as he picks a book up, reads the cover, chooses another, etc. this goes on all day, never reading, just checking them out.

Until last week, he would read about 3 pages, put a book mark in and choose another, repeating the process. This week, no reading, just looking.