light reading

Lectern, podium, _____ ? I can't think of the word right now but I've two of these.

One holds a 20 pound dictionary that's always open and referred to often.

This one my son carved for me, with a chain saw, out of a cottonwood log. When he carved it the wood was still green and heavy! Now it's dried and surprisingly light. This one usually has the book of the moment sitting on it, something I happen to be interested in but not something to sit down and read.

For example the surrealist book that was on the shelf in an earlier picture is on the lectern now.