Almost every day I go to the library for a book or 2, buy an e-book for a buck or 2. By the time I get them home, I sometimes barely open them. I like them piling up, lush with potential. I knew someone who had 5 kids. A mutual friend said, He likes to have a lot of stuff. I don't like to have a lot of stuff, only a lot of books. Paper is elemental. Pleasing. Words too. For a project I've been asking if people have a favorite word. I'm curious what it is, but mostly just if they have one. The writers & poets all do, everyone else says "favorite word?" as in a concept new to them, & then tells me "love" or "heart." (The writers' favorite words include yonder, companion, & I've forgotten the others.)
Update: I didn't know when I wrote this that August 8 (or was it August 9?) is International Book Day. But that's every day, no?