Tonight I had dinner with my two friends who have known me the longest. I'm almost ashamed to say how long -- lets just say somewhere beyond 25 years. We've known each other since second grade, went to high school together, but went to different colleges. Two of us are librarians, two of us love to write, and we all love to read just about ( Read more... )

Three young women, who were kidnapped anywhere from 10 to 12 YEARS ago, have been found alive in the same neighborhood where they disappeared. They were being held captive by a neighbor in a house that is being described as "fortified." One of the girls has two children "fathered" by that monster. They were freed when one of the young women broke ( Read more... )

I am back at work, but by the end of the day I'm soooo tired. There were two big workshops at the Big Branch. I had to set up the tech. Our ceiling-mounted projector broke last week, so we had to get a portable projector and hook it up to the sound system and a laptop. I was thrilled when it worked ( Read more... )

My life is crazy. Sherlock understands.

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Well, adventures in libraryland. One of my colleagues, Kate, asked me to present at a conference with her back in say ... July, think. I agreed and we both had other things going on and didn't see each other for several weeks after. The next time I saw her, she was glowing with the news that she was pregnant. "Oh," says me, "When are you due?" ( Read more... )

High heat, long day yesterday, too much to do today ... My head hurts.

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This is a flowering tree near the library. It was so gorgeous today I have to share.


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The past week here has been insanely gorgeous and totally unlike Cleveland in early Spring. Instead of snow and/or chilly rain, it's been sunny and warm -- almost hot -- it's been a spring for the record books, literally. The daffodils are out, the trees are blooming early, the grass is green. Everybody is wandering around with totally blissed-out ( Read more... )

It's over! I made it through 7 straight days of work. The week included 1 workshop, 1 meeting to choose our favorite books of the year, 1 tremendously important community meeting regarding the new library that is going to be built, planning and preparing for our library Holiday Open house, insane ninja Christmas shopping, and a plumbing problem ( Read more... )

My story archive pic disappeared on LJ and on DW. I have restored it via Photobucket. What a nuisance ( Read more... )