Sonya Schryer Norris

Carded

I have four library cards from four libraries that I use regularly. Two of the libraries – Capitol Area District Library and the Library of Michigan – are three blocks from each other. The other two, East Lansing Public Library and Michigan State University – are also within walking distance from one another. All fourContinueContinue reading “Carded”

Candy with Daddy and Uncle Alex

Green Libraries

I got this one from my friend A. about Green Libraries: http://www.greenlibraries.org/ What is your library doing that’s green? And hey, the public library in Bozeman, MT is listed on the site and that’s where Robert Pirzig stopped off in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (OK, the college, not the public library). MyContinueContinue reading “Green Libraries”

Dewey Number 746.43

That’s the super-secret, indecipherable, not public-friendly library number for “knitting.” There’s talk about how numbers don’t facilitate patrons finding books and then talk about how the heck else you can organize millions of books and display them consistently in libraries large and small without a classification system (that’s library code for “by number”). A fewContinueContinue reading “Dewey Number 746.43”

Happy Birthday from Hubby

Today is my birthday. Hubby’s birthday cheer: Your age is still under your bra size! Men.

What I Learned from My Cats Today

Honesty: They never soft-pedal “status checks.”

Free – Kind of

Did you know there’s a company that will print free business cards for you? OK, a friend told me about this years ago and I was all like, whatever, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. But they came back up and I went to their site and sure enough, they have free businessContinueContinue reading “Free – Kind of”