I am an English teacher, but I am not working at the present time. I am an avid reader and that is why I majored in Literature in college and ended up teaching English. I have taught for almost thirty years, but because of open-heart surgery, I am no longer in the classroom. I am going to be traveling some, so when I saw an article in the paper about Book Crossings, I was intriqued and delighted. I always travel with books, and now it will be fun to release them so some other person can enjoy them. This has got to be one of the coolest ideas in years.