The Deliciousness of the Sunday New York Times

Yes.  For me, the Sunday New York Times is delicious.  Why?  Well for one, I picked up the great pile of paper this past Sunday with a latte, as a treat.  I haven't picked one up in a couple of months.  Partly cost-savings, but more, laziness.  Sunday mornings I like to take very sloooowwwly.  Dashing off to get the paper doesn't easily fit in there!  Why a paper?  Because I grew up with my parents still getting the local daily paper to read in the evenings.  On Sundays, they'd get the local paper plus, the New York Times.  It was a huge paper with seemingly the whole world inside.  Before the World Wide Web - the New York Times is where we'd find out what was going on 6,000 miles away!  The paper helped to make Sunday mornings special.  We'd have a big breakfast with bacon, eggs, toast, fried tomatoes and sometimes, kidneys.  (English, remember???)  It was all very mellow and very different from the workaday world's bustle. 

Now, like everyone else, I usually get most of my news from the Web or from television.  Honestly, that's all I need to work my days.  I'll check the weather; make sure that no one's planning immediate destruction of me, mine and my neighborhood; find something salacious to think about, or be entertained by; see who's disgraced themselves today in the eyes of our puritanical society; and then check to see what my favorites are up to - be they on Facebook, email, or a sports team, my special charity, etc.  I really like being able to stay in touch with folks within a second if they're online, or a window of maybe 12 hours, if they're not.  I am all for progress.  With the internet I can easily live on the surface of life.  There are times, however, I crave more than the surface of things.  As you can see by my first paragraph, the New York Times does fill a certain nostalgic sensory memory for me.  Sunday morning was family time, generally free from most of the family dynamics that made the rest of the time - well, let's say challenging. 

The biggest benefit then, as now, is the depth of information found within the pages of the New York Times.  It has lots of news sections covering a myriad of interests, so that one can explore other worlds. And, there are usually enough sections so that you can share.   Once you finish reading your favorite, you then pass it on to the next person waiting for it.  We weren't a sports-oriented family, so that section usually came last.   However, there was fierce competition for the front page/news section, Science/Technology, and the Arts and Leisure sections.   You would settle in with a fresh cup of tea or coffee, grab your section of newspaper, and then just sink yourself into the paper for a deeply satisfying read.  And the Sunday New York Times is so big, you can easily take a couple of days to read it fully. 

I've learned a lot from the Sunday New York Times.  I learn a lot daily from the Internet.  But for sheer chewy satisfaction in information gathering, and a pleasurable time spent relaxing away from the constant media bombardment of today's world, I've got the Sunday New York Times.  What's even better - is no one is tracking my reading! lol.  I highly recommend you try it one Sunday - well, if you like to read.  Yes, perhaps the Sunday New York Times is a luxury in today's electronic world, but to me, a very desirable one.