Found this poem the other day and I love it…it’s called Please Bury Me in the Library by J. Patrick Lewis from his book by the same name:
Please bury me in the library
In the clean, well-lighted stacks
Of Novels, History, Poetry,
Right next to the Paperbacks,
Where the Kids’ Books dance
With True Romance
And the Dictionary dozes.
Please bury me [...]
Archive for September, 2008
One great poem written by J. Patrick Lewis:
Posted in Library, Random, tagged books, genius, poetry on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Open Book, Insert Face: Too Busy Reading to Blog
Posted in Daily Life, tagged books, funny stuff, go away kid I'm reading, Jen Lancaster on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yeah…sorry about that, but I have been barreling my way through all of Jen Lancaster’s books.
Although I don’t agree with her politics, the woman makes me guffaw (that’s right, that’s what I said…guffaw). You can check out her website for a quick synopsis of all her books (be sure to watch the video!) and also [...]
Two Wrongs and a Sad Third
Posted in Library, tagged kids, librarians, Library, that's just wrong on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Two very wrong situations at the library recently:
1.) A young boy comes running in and heads for the new children’s books. He is followed by his annoyed grandmother who yells, “NO BOOKS! You can’t get any books, only videos!”
Poor little kid. He got the short straw for a grandparent. (I should note that this [...]
Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Enemy Number 1: Yellow Jackets!
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, ick, Insect, yellow jackets on September 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Something has been chomping on my outdoor (recently freed) cecropia caterpillars. At first, I thought it must be the marauding packs of house sparrows, which seem to pick the yard clean of anything that moves. Yesterday, however, I discovered the true fiend: yellow jacket wasps (insert dramatic music crescendo here).
They will search out the feeding [...]
Leaf Eating Machines Part II: Cecropia Moth Caterpillars, Again
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, frass, Insect on September 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Just so you know: caterpillars are high maintenance pets! When they were little, all I had to do was put in some fresh branches and change the paper towels every few days. Now, I am lucky if I don’t have to put in MORE branches 12 hours later in the day. (The caterpillars are up to [...]
Night of the Snarky Librarian: Zombie Patrons from Mars!
Posted in Library, tagged go away, librarian, snarky, zombie patrons on September 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I must first confess that I am not THE actual snarky librarian…you should check out this very funny blog instead, if that’s what you are looking for.
No, this is just a continuation of the previous snarky themes here in my blog. Tonight was a doozy…
Look, with my background I am usually the first one to [...]
County Fair Visit!
Posted in Bird, Daily Life, Mammal, tagged chickens, county fair, fun, overeating on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love county fairs. They seem so quintessentially Midwestern and are great places to people watch. Besides, I can get my fill of chickens and goats…wheee!
And my fill of fair food…let’s see we ate sugar waffles, elephant ears, kettle corn, corn dogs, and sweet tea. (Yes, that sound you heard was our respective digestive systems crying out [...]
The Magic Number Five?
Posted in Daily Life, tagged breast cancer, deep thoughts, five years ago on September 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
On September 3, 2003, I officially got the news…I had breast cancer. Now, here I am five years later and thinking about what the five year mark means.
Really, it means nothing. Doctors like it as a number goal so they can start to scale back on monitoring and researchers keep track of it as a [...]
