I recently read a Boston Globe opinion piece which waxes rhapsodic about audiobooks. “That doesn’t sound like you” I can imagine regular COTTonLINE readers thinking - no politics, no foreign affairs.
Something I’ve mentioned here is that the DrsC live in semi-remote places throughout the year. I probably haven’t mentioned that most years it is three different semi-remote places.
Getting from one to another SRP necessitates roughly 11 four hour drives per year, done in groups of 2 or 3 days. Plus, when you live in a SRP a couple of times a month you have to make a 1-2 hour drive to get to serious shopping, a medical specialist or an airport.
Bottom line: we do a lot of longish drives in a year, and we find listening to music puts us to sleep - which is dangerous. Our solution, and one I’d recommend to you is audiobooks.
As the opinion column notes, being read to is one of life’s not-guilty pleasures, one you can enjoy while doing something else. Listening and driving, or listening and walking which the other DrC likes, is both feasible and pleasant.
If you need to talk or take a call, the book is easily paused and waits with limitless patience till you can resume listening. We like fiction, but other things are available. Give it a try.
