The Beej!

Bijou is lounging on top of the stereo and seems to be listening along with me as I play an audiobook!

The Play List

Here is the play list we came up with and it flows pretty well. Thanks to Mark for all of his help.
Artist & Title
1 The Police; Don’t Stand So Close to Me
2 The Beatles; Paperback Writer
3 Kate Bush; Wuthering Heights
4 Elvis Costello; Everyday I Write the Book
5 Barenaked Ladies; One Week
6 Old 97s; Rollerskate Skinny
7 The Smiths; Cemetery Gates
8 Bruce Springsteen; The Ghost of Tom Joad
9 They Might be Giants; Birdhouse in your Soul
10 Michael Penn; No Myth
11 Dire Straits; Romeo and Juliet
12 The Sundays; Here’s Where the Story Ends

Too Exciting!

I wanted to make a CD of songs that reference literature as a Christmas present for friends. I was at a loss of where to start and then I found this very cool thread on Library Thing. Yippee! I have, at the very least, 25 songs to choose from. Cool!
link is here

My sisters @ GRANT PARK last night!

I was with them in spirit. I am so proud of America right now! Let's keep the momentum going for positive change!

Two Lightbulb moments!

1--An article in the Nov. 2008 Oprah, "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Scram" describes our marriage perfectly. It is so affirming because lots of people think it is strange how much time Mark & I spend apart. It works for us! :) We are growing & maturing in all of our work and activities and then we converge to make meaning of it all. We wouldn't want it any other way!
2--This link, although humorous, starkly reveals the gaps in capabilities that technology can create. It made me say "hmmm". It is good to learn through humor. And makes me reexamine how I look at my patrons. (Thanks, Dymphna, for sharing.)

Fall is here!

My drive to work is breathtaking these days. I'd like to stop my car and take some photos but I think that would be hazardous! The morning light shines in such a way that the leaves look like they are painted. The colors are vibrant, lush, beautiful. I find myself slowing down to take it all in. I hope you have time to do the same!

Getting my foot stuck in the happy wheel!

Today, a patron helped me with this great description. I was mentioning how last Wed. night I had a great book group where my friend showed us her garden which will be on a garden walk and then we read the book "Garden Voices". We discussed it until 11:00 at night and we all had to go to work the next day! Then Thursday night, I went down to Summerfest to see Stevie Wonder and got home at 1:00 in the morning and had to go to work Friday. Friday night was an expedition to Chicago and up early Saturday for a trip to Elizabeth, Illinois. 4 of us went to participate in the "Gathering of Elizabeths". There were over 400 Elizabeths gathered! We were trying to make a Guinness Book of World's Records record! Then get back in the car Saturday night--drive up to Chicago. Drive back up here on Sunday. Yesterday, was our first day of summer reading at the library--much excitement and activity! This patron said to me today, "It sounds like your foot got stuck in the happy wheel." Perfect! Summer is just that way for me. I love every minute of it and live it to the hilt. Here's hoping your foot is stuck in the happy wheel, too!