Your family might be perfectly normal. You never laugh at (imaginary) people’s pain or when the make-believe dragon eats the make-believe policeman, and I’m very happy for you. It must be nice to be that well-adjusted. But if you aren’t that well-adjusted or if you want a glimpse of my slightly weird family for a…
Category: Books
Presto, tomato!
Until a few minutes ago, I was wondering what to do tonight. Saturday and Sunday are mostly mapped out, but tonight was still a void of nothingness. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy unplanned time, I just had to think through what to do with the luxury of having no pressing projects or cleaning needs…
Recommendation of the Day
I’ve been struggling through some books for various assignments and commitments lately and just haven’t felt inspired by reading. It happens sometimes. As a good librarian, I feel obligated to work against that, however. While updating a list of recommended books at work this morning, I ran into one of my all-time favorite authors, P….
Labels Matter Sometimes
Having now fully recovered from the loss of my post on Monday, I’ll try to tell that story again. Fortunately, the story is complete now. No cliff-hangers for you. Aren’t you relieved?! I’m sure you would have been on the edge of your seat. I have a little problem with assigned reading. The labels “assigned”…
Love the Library!
It’s safe to guess that since I’m a librarian, I love libraries. True, true. But for whatever reason, I was never a big library user before I was in one 40+ hours a week. The thrill of borrowing books has nothing on the thrill of taking new books home from the store to keep forever…
Wilburn Grey and Dorian Gray
My middle name is Grey, and I love it. It was my grandfather’s middle name, and having it makes me feel like I get to take a small piece of him with me even though I never got to meet him. It’s kind of a silly way to feel, but it’s true. Everyone talks about…
The Little Things
As I’ve previously mentioned, my goal for 2009 was to finish a book a week. I succeeded, then fell into a giant heap on the floor come January 1, 2010. Those last few weeks involved more panic-induced reading than desirable, so this year’s goal was to read less and enjoy more. The problem with that…
Small, but valuable. 