Sonya Schryer Norris

First world problem of the day: recycling

“Oh SHIT!” Hubby bellows from the study. “What is it?” I ask from the living room. There’s a moment of silence. “Oh crap!” he growls in his most disgruntled voice. “Honey, what’s going on?” I ask. I haven’t moved a muscle at this point although I have paused the AppleTV on which I am watchingContinueContinue reading “First world problem of the day: recycling”

“God’s Job”

For the first six years we lived in the house, I blithely declared that watering the grass was “God’s job.” I wouldn’t waste the water, couldn’t spend my time on moving the sprinkler every 20 minutes every night, etc. etc. etc. Then we had that really hot summer two years ago and the lawn gotContinueContinue reading ““God’s Job””

Sex, Politics, and

Religion. My first staff bookclub read of 2015 was “Through the Narrow Gate” by Karen Armstrong. Armstrong entered a convent as a teenager, straight out of Catholic school, and left 7 years later. She was emotionally mistreated in the convent, medically neglected, and eventually her relationship with God, a relationship that never stopped being importantContinueContinue reading “Sex, Politics, and”

What Librarians do with old (college) books

Today I put most of my old college books up for sale on Amazon. Those books were part of who I was back then, part of my identity. Asking me to sell those books would have been like asking me to sell my soul. I sold my plasma when I needed cash in college. IContinueContinue reading “What Librarians do with old (college) books”

BTBL January: A Canticle for Leibowitz

So, the first read for 2015 at the Braille and Talking Book Library (BTBL) club was hosted by Bunny Rabbit Hat (fourteen guesses on how she got that nickname). I tried. I really tried to read this book. I read it for about an hour before I admitted I didn’t know what was going on,ContinueContinue reading “BTBL January: A Canticle for Leibowitz”

Venetian Pink Perfection!

Plum Dragon Book Club: Nicholas and Alexandra

My first book for the Plum Dragon club in 2015 was Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. Massie. In choosing this book (our theme was royal biographies) I was also exploring an idea that Miss B. and I were talking through about a possible option for the staff bookclub. That idea was to re-read aContinueContinue reading “Plum Dragon Book Club: Nicholas and Alexandra”