Like Thomas Jefferson, I cannot live without books.  Last year, while on tour, I carted nine books with me.  I am not making this up.  Nine books.  I had my Bible, my journal, (actually, two journals) two or three novels, and then I found a couple of cookbooks I couldn’t live without.  You get the picture.  By the time I headed home my suitcase weighed more than I did.  A few months later I had rotator cuff surgery, which is a good indication of exactly how heavy the suitcase was.  In preparation for this upcoming tour my sweet husband purchased a Sony Reader and downloaded the Bible and several other books for me.  Technology is a wonderful thing.