IN THE YEAR AFTER I HAD COVID On New Years’ Day 2021 I was taken by ambulance to Sparrow hospital. My oxygen saturation had fallen stupid low. I was admitted to the COVID ward. I’d been in the ER 36 hours earlier for IV fluids. A chest X-ray showed COVID pneumonia. I’d missed the 10-dayContinueContinue reading “My year of COVID recovery and my hope for you in 2022”
Category Archives: Librarianship
The Finer Points of Delivering a Presentation
I give my share of presentations. And I have my share of presentation anxiety. This spring, I gave six of ’em. The audiences ranged in size from ten attendees, to 500. I was preparing for one of my last presentations of the season. My topic skirted the tech field and I was worried that we’dContinueContinue reading “The Finer Points of Delivering a Presentation”
Make More of Ruby
This is my alter-ego, Ruby. She’s a character I’m developing with my partner in crime, Carmen, to teach library skills. Ruby is roly-poly. Magnificently endowed. Generously proportioned. She shops in the Woman’s Department. She’s well cushioned. Fat. Ruby is one of five folks making up the community of a fictitious Michigan library called the RosaContinueContinue reading “Make More of Ruby”
18: I am the Snake Lady Librarian
I graduated in Detroit on a sunny, May day with hubby and my mother in attendance. I bought a new coral dress for the occasion, we got hubby a matching tie, and I got a wrist corsage. Aunt Charlotte did indeed haul three cakes from Lake Erie for the family party. She also did theContinueContinue reading “18: I am the Snake Lady Librarian”
17: Cataloging grades
The Cataloging Swan Song: Grades. For those of you numerically dedicated… my cataloging final netted me 2 tenths of a point above the class average. I got an A- in the class over-all. A hard-earned A- and one that I am proud of. As proud as this gentleman. Shortly after the class, a Real CatalogerContinueContinue reading “17: Cataloging grades”
16: The story of the cross-continental trip in three vegan vignettes
The trip was an adventure. Let me tell you the story of our country as I experienced it that spring in three food vignettes Nebraska We stopped just into Mountain Time in Oglala, Nebraska and went to a restaurant that served Mexican food and, importantly! given our road-weariness, beer. My vegan traveling companions asked, “AreContinueContinue reading “16: The story of the cross-continental trip in three vegan vignettes”
15: Cataloging final exam panic
On the night of my (early) cataloging final exam – my Very, Very Last Thing To Do In Library School – I nearly had a panic attack. I studied for two hours the night before the exam, and two hours the night before that, and two hours the afternoon before that. And yet I wasContinueContinue reading “15: Cataloging final exam panic”
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