magazines

i love the ritual of reading a magazine.  when i see a new cover of my two favourite magazines, living etc. and martha stewart living, in the magazine section of any store, i get excited.  i purchase it without even leafing through it. 

once i get home i flip through it, just a quick scan.  i savour what i glimpsed and calculate when i will have some time to read it thoroughly cover to cover.  it usually requires an hour of time to slowly read each and every page. yup, every single page.  i love it when it happens this way.  cover to cover in one sitting, beautiful and relaxing. 

unfortunately it doesn't always happen that way. sometimes, i must return to the magazine a few times.  this is okay, like savouring a really good novel that you don't want to end. 

i hear people talk about getting magazines on their ipad but i don't think the ritual would be quite the same.  i dog-ear pages i want to save to later rip them out and add to my growing collection.  it's fun to leaf through the images i have saved over the years and most of the time i still love them.

some other magazines i purchase, but not always, are house and home, elle decor, and marie claire.  i really miss domino and cookie.  but guess what?  domino has a surprise coming - an issue coming out in april!  i. am. ecstatic.  i can't wait to get my hands on it.  you should too.

have a lovely weekend!  you can bet i will crave out some time to sit with my magazines.