read aloud

i think podcasts must be the grown-up version of being read to.  i had the most soul-filling day recently, though, when a dear friend and i got together to take turns reading poetry out loud to one another!  

that's all we did all day long, pausing only for more bites of olives or slices of cheese.  powered by charcuterie,  i read keats, she read a current poet laureate...forth and back, back and forth we went.  

i was fortunate to have been read to as a child.  and i think that is something we don't have to grow out of; there's a magic to the sharing of in-person spoken voice!