Monthly Archives: August 2007

Where to begin?

I kept hitting the snooze alarm this morning.  Not because I really wanted to sleep any longer, but because I wanted to delay the start of my day.  Last week, while on vacation, I realized that I could easily retire … Continue reading

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On vacation

I had hoped to catch up with blog entries this week, since Jim and I are on vacation, but our home improvement projects are taking up a bit more time than I had anticipated.  (Today we worked on installing new … Continue reading

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Almost done – a bit of a wrap up

Only two days of summer reading remain – yay!  I don’t think I’ve ever been so ready for a vacation as I am right now.  Last night Jim pointed out that I haven’t had any “down time” at work since I … Continue reading

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Poetry in Motion

David Zucker came to the library yesterday with his performance of “Poetry in Motion.”  David describes his program as “an exhilarating tour-de-force,” and that’s actually a bit of an understatement.  The kids who attended, some of whom were quite young, were an absolutely … Continue reading

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Back entries

I have some time tonight to work on reinstating back blog entries that were lost to cyberspace a few months back. Please note that I’m taking the easy way out when it comes to entering comments for these older entries: … Continue reading

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When things don’t work out…

I got fired yesterday.  No, no, no, not from my full-time gig as a children’s librarian: from a new tutoring job that I had taken on for this month.  I had agreed to tutor this student, who is going into … Continue reading

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Still catching up…

Just a quick post today; I’m still catching up on those reviews that got backlogged during our move and transition to the new library, which is putting a serious damper on my ability to write blog posts (unfortunately, there’s only … Continue reading

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Catching up

I’m working a split shift today because of tonight’s movie night, and have decided to make use of the few in-between hours to catch up on my review reading.  My goal is to wade through all of those un-read review … Continue reading

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