I have brother on the brain, due largely to his upcoming wedding ceremony. My brother is great, and he tried to train me well as we grew up. He taught me how to build a Lego fort without worrying about the design on the box. He taught me how to laugh it off when other…
Without Permission
My brother has repeatedly told me that it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission. I don’t often follow that piece of advice, especially since my workplace errs towards always asking for permission from several people before taking any action. Today, however, I had gumption. There are three bookcases behind the reference desk. All three of…
Inheritance
My grandmother loved to hoard. Her closets were bursting with shoes that didn’t quite fit, clothes that her children wore 40 years ago, and things that she hadn’t thought about in 20 years. I’m not proud of this, but I’ve often been smug about not sharing that trait with her. I like to use things…
With Shushing Action
Things have been busy at work today, and apparently this is what my people look like when we’re busy at work: We have an action figure complete with shushing motion, so you can’t really beat that. If it’s any comfort, I did get part of a real post written about vacation days and daydreaming and…
What’s in Your Bag?
There are people on Flickr who post pictures of what’s in their bag. It’s kind of fun to have permission to peek at what someone else carries around all day, so sometimes I indulge in minimal online snooping. Here’s what JJ (a.k.a. random stranger) posted in her photostream: As I wander through these pictures, I wonder…
Real Life
I took the long way home from downtown Suffolk yesterday, and it was worth every extra minute. Before getting to the highway, I filled my daily quota of trees, open fields, and everything small-town. Right before the final return-to-civilization moment, I did run into one little snag in the bliss–a cemetery. I actually like cemeteries,…
Small, but valuable. 