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Mary O'Toole
I experienced a childhood that encouraged reading. Before I could read myself, I had to be read to by someone else. On Sundays, the newspaper had a wonderful section just for children, with comics,...view moreI experienced a childhood that encouraged reading. Before I could read myself, I had to be read to by someone else. On Sundays, the newspaper had a wonderful section just for children, with comics, puzzles, and stories. It was the highlight of the week for me. But I had to wait until my father finished reading the rest of the huge Sunday paper before he read this special children's section to me. Having to wait made me want so much to be able to read for myself. Ever since then, I have been an avid reader.I'm from an Irish background, where storytelling and reading were large parts of our lives. We borrowed books from the library every 2 or 3 weeks, we read out loud at school, and we were read to a lot. I really like to read to others. There's something quite wonderful about a human voice reading beautiful words, sentences and ideas in stories, and the listener losing oneself in the words heard. It's kind-of like listening to music, just a different language.About 15 years ago, I became a volunteer broadcaster for a radio station for the blind in San Francisco, reading newspapers, magazines, and the grocery store ads. In 2000, I became a volunteer broadcaster for a radio reading service on the East coast, for whom I recorded the Wonderful Short Stories program, which is a selection of short stories and other readings. In 2006 I recorded a CD entitled Read Me A Story, which is available on iTunes and CD Baby. I do readings of stories at libraries and other places.view less