Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

"A cheap Halloween costume idea for librarians is to come to work wearing the uniform from your second job at Starbucks, McDonalds, or Lady Foot Locker." A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette. Happy Halloween ya'll! found here

Thinking about and praying for everyone affected by the storm. "Little Exercise" For Thomas Edwards Wanning Think of the storm roaming the sky uneasily like a dog looking for a place to sleep in, listen to it growling. Think how they must look now, the mangrove keys lying out there unresponsive to the lightning in dark, coarse-fibred families, where occasionally a heron may undo his head, shake up his feathers, make an uncertain comment when the surrounding water shines. Think of the boulevard and the little palm trees all stuck in rows, suddenly revealed as fistfuls of limp fish-skeletons. It is raining there. The boulevard and its broken sidewalks with weeds in every crack, are relieved to be wet, the sea to be freshened. Now the storm goes away again in a series of small, badly lit battle-scenes, each in "Another part of the field." Think of someone sleeping in the bottom of a row-boat tied to a mangrove root or the pile of ...

Yesterday I saw more skinny jeans than at a Jonas Bros' concert, more beards and flannel than at a lumber jack's bbq...that's right folks, I was in happening Asheville, NC; met up with my friend Gary the Snail and his friend Ellen, who were kind enough to play tour guides and make sure I saw and tasted lots of the city.The day went something like this: After breakfast with Mummy Dearest and family we headed to an apple orchard, but man were we under-dressed. The wind whipping through the orchard was too cold for North Carolina! We were all freezing, so we quickly gobbled hot cider and doughnuts and lunch we'd brought along and then left. Fastest orchard visit ever! I headed to Asheville alone, getting to see remnants of fall colors in the south, and met up with Gary the Snail, Ellen, and some of their friends at Tod's Tasties , where I had the most amazing croissant and coffee ever. The place was packed and the food looked grood...I mean great and good, and I re...

Not much posting this past week because all this moving and getting settled wore me out enough so that I caught that nasty bug that's been floating around: Day 1 sore throat, congestion, runny nose, and fever Day 2 cough, sore throat, runny nose, congestion Day 3-7 cough and slight congestion Now I'm almost better and on vacation! WAHOO!! Today meant packing up and saying goodbye to Hem, and heading out after midnight; seeing the lights and bridges of Cincinnati after 3a.m.; crossing into Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina; sunrise over the Smokey Mountains; arriving to hugs from Mummy Dearest, Little Fish (6 years old), Big Fish (nearly 8 years old), and Mummy's Hubby! So glad to  be with my friends, so thankful to be experiencing a little bit of fall in the south. Stay tuned for pictures! Have a great week!

Today would have been Sylvia Plath's 80th birthday, so in her honor, "Blackberrying" Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries,  Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly,  A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea  Somewhere at the end of it, heaving. Blackberries  Big as the ball of my thumb, and dumb as eyes  Ebon in the hedges, fat  With blue-red juices. These they squander on my fingers.  I had not asked for such a blood sisterhood; they must love me.  They accommodate themselves to my milkbottle, flattening their sides.  Overhead go the choughs in black, cacophonous flocks ---   Bits of burnt paper wheeling in a blown sky.  Theirs is the only voice, protesting, protesting.  I do not think the sea will appear at all.  The high, green meadows are glowing, as if lit from within.  I come to one bush of berries so ripe it is a bush of flies,  Hanging...

This is exactly how I feel when no one shows up for storytimes! Except I am wearing clothes...oh, God, I've made it weird, haven't I?! Since I will be away on vacation next week, we had our Halloween themed storytime this week (only had a family of three show up for my Toddlers group, no one for my Family storytime, no one for my 4s and 5s group). Still working at getting more people to attend! Without further ado I give you, TODDLER HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR! Flannel Board: "5 Little Pumpkins" 5 Little Pumpkins sitting on a gate, 1st one said, "Hey, it's getting late," 2nd one said, "Witches in the air," 3rd one said, "Hey, I'm not scared!" 4th one said, "Let's run, let's run!" 5th one said, "Isn't Halloween fun?!" --author unknown Book 1: Pumpkin Heads, Wendell Minor *we talked about visits to the pumpkin patch; what different faces were carved into pumpkins Book...

Hey all, Can you do me a HUGE FAVOR? The Farm I used to work at is in the running for a Cit-Go giveaway for $5,000 worth of gas, which would be awesome--the farm is non-profit, so donations are ALWAYS appreciated!! You can vote every day between today and October 28th, so will you!? At least once? Please! I will love you (even more) forever! Click here to vote for GOULD FARM and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! This place means so much to so many people, myself included! Just one shot of some of the beauty of the Farm!