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”
The scoop behind the poop on the listserv
I’ve been the moderator of a library listserv for about ten years. I check the Pending queue a couple of times a day for messages that should go through but were stopped for one reason or another, and discard messages that are spam. Once a quarter I send out a super warm and polite BestContinueContinue reading “The scoop behind the poop on the listserv”
Conference Adventures at Disney Part 3 of 3
I went back to the bar and celebrated my good fortune with wings and a mojito for a late dinner. “A mojito?” Don asked. “That’s what I like about you. You’re unpredictable.” I tipped him $5. After dinner I took another back to my room, along with a slice of key lime pie. Feeling generous,ContinueContinue reading “Conference Adventures at Disney Part 3 of 3”
Conference adventures at Disney Part 2 of 3
Sean encouraged all of us to take extra sandwiches back to our rooms, which had refrigerators, and so I took two. At 12:30, my business in Orlando concluded, I went to the front desk of the hotel to extend my stay. “I’m sorry, but we have other guests with reservations,” the clerk informed me. IContinueContinue reading “Conference adventures at Disney Part 2 of 3”
Conference adventures at Disney Part 1 of 3
First word that I was heading into a hurricane came Thursday morning as I waited on my flight at Michigan’s Capital Region International Airport. “Don’t miss it!” the email exhorted. “Tomorrow’s conference will be held as scheduled in Disney Springs.” They assured us that all was well. I’d heard about a tropical storm developing onContinueContinue reading “Conference adventures at Disney Part 1 of 3”
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