In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.
We always think of a diet with a big groan. But I think diets are fun. I think it is an American pastime for a lot of women.
Let me say first that reading is my favorite pastime, bar none. If I couldn't read, I don't know what I'd do. But as a writer, it's both a blessing and a curse. You absorb technique as you go along.
Certainly the most diverse, if minor, pastime of literary life is the game of Find the Author.
Caesar was too old, it seems to me, to go off and amuse himself conquering the world. Such a pastime was all right for Augustus and Alexander; they were young men, not easily held in check, but Caesar ought to have been more mature.
Shooting is my principal pastime.
Don't get involved with non-physical beings. This current pastime, this rage, is dangerous. Many of these people who are channeling entities are going to become very sick, physically and mentally
Pastime passing excellent, if it he husbanded with modesty.
Music is a pastime, a relaxation from more serious occupations.
