Sonya Schryer Norris

Look to Her Mother

My Uncle N. has a saying, “If you’re thinking of marrying a woman, look to her mother.” Many apples don’t fall far from the tree. This business with Hubby’s arm got me to thinking about the torn bicep from 6-7 years ago. He tore the bicep trying to impress me on our first date. MyContinueContinue reading “Look to Her Mother”

Armies

If you’ve been around me and hubby lately you’ve probably seen that hubby has a weird, disquieting strangeness going on with his right arm and hand. It started last fall with marble-like hardnesses in his forearm. Over the past 8 months – through 4 doctors, X-rays, MRIs, and, finally, a biopsy – it has spread.ContinueContinue reading “Armies”

Come To the Library to Borrow…A Person

…instead of a book. Yes, this activity takes place every so often at London’s Living Library, a project supported in part by the Museums, Libraries And Archives Council UK. Times OnLine informs us of a new library fad which started in Scandinavia…”instead of books, readers can come to the library and borrow a person forContinueContinue reading “Come To the Library to Borrow…A Person”

Yay Me!

Belatedly, many thanks to my friends A and E who threw me a congratulatory dinner at Pizza House (not Pizza Hut), complete with flowers, balloons with my name on them, a banana (what award dinner is complete without bananas?), origami cranes, and, of course, spinach artichoke dip and onion rings. I was granted the ProfessionalContinueContinue reading “Yay Me!”

Newest Member of the Jammin’ Family

Books from Birth and the Imagination Library

I had dinner after today’s part of the conference with the duck lady from Tennessee. The duck lady rocks. Tennessee rocks. You are not going to believe what Tennessee does. Tennessee sends a book every month to every child registered for the program in the state, from birth to age 5. Different books, so if there are siblingsContinueContinue reading “Books from Birth and the Imagination Library”

Chicago

I drove to Chicago today for a conference, stopping off to have lunch with ShoeDeb. ShoeDeb and I used to work together and now she’s the librarian for a famous cooking school here in Chicago. Today she had on a colorful pair of pump sandals. A couple of years ago her husband brought her back a pair ofContinueContinue reading “Chicago”