News on paper

I love reading the newspaper. I wish I had more time to do it, but whenever I do, I read it hard copy, newsprint to finger tip.

In fact, there is a particular method to my madness, in that I like to read the paper in a certain way.  Certain sections by a certain order. Yes, a bit crazy, I know!   I always read the front page and first section first.  Followed by the Life, Style and then Business sections. I want to know what’s going on in the larger world.  I hope to learn something everyday.

And what about when cutting out newspaper clippings was done with regularity?  Of course, this was before Internet.    But, when you stumble upon the yellowing clippings in some long lost forgotten shoe box,  you can’t escape the feeling of nostaglia.

I remember going to a mother/daughter camp a few years ago and one of the activites, which the girls went crazy for, was a fashion design competition.  Yes, you guessed right, the materials were newspaper and tape.    This chic little number above is another thing completely, but some of the creations the girls came up with were so creative. Did I mention the mom’s had to be the models?   🙂

Hey now, there’s a summer idea for you.  Gather all those neighborhood kids that show up on your doorstep each day and  hold  a newspaper design competition and see what beauties result.  In the meantime here are 10 ways to reuse newspaper.

So, when and if you read the newspaper, do you do so on your smartphone, your Ipad,  home computer or do you like that newsprint between your fingertips?  Write back and let us know.