habitually probing generalist

Cribbed from Angel at The Itinerant Librarian. 1 The book I am currently reading. Like Angel, I usually have more than one book going. I am currently reading the following: The Complete Poems of Marianne Moore; Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces; Hermann Melville’s Billy Budd and other stories; and about a half [...]

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As I wrote here, Sara and I went to Germany for my son’s wedding. It was a wonderful trip but far too short. We left on a Wed. morning and got back home on Mon. eve. We spent the first couple of days with my daughter-in-law’s parents in Fürth in the Odenwald. It was quite [...]

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Thought I’d post a little update regarding my plans for fall. First, a quick update on where I am currently. Update My hours at the BCU library were bumped up to 6 (from 5) hours/week so I could take on a weeding project of my own. I had already cataloged the backlog and current acquisitions [...]

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[This post title is, for me, multi-meta in that it refers to several things.] It has been a long time since I’ve been here. Part of me is sad about this fact and part of me thinks that is just fine. A lot has happened since I last wrote here: I quit my job as [...]

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a little “mouse” grew up; became a new house spouse. wrote a little ditty because he is moving to Iowa; Sioux City. I posted that little ditty to facebook and twitter several days ago to announce that I will soon be moving. In the comments on facebook, I also wrote: I’m going to Sioux City [...]

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I. Am. A. Patriot—not to be confused with a nationalist—but today, once again, I loathe my country and the vast majority of its citizens. This great and grand country and its citizens have once again sent my child to war. I will not forgive you.     Us. Please do not in any way misunderstand [...]

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* with a hat tip to Dorothea (see below) In which I proudly proclaim and rant as if we were simply sitting here in my living room chatting as the friends we might be, if given the chance. Jeremy and trip to central Texas Again, thank you from the entirety of my heart to all [...]

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What a question. I feel like I need a recap of some of it myself sometimes. I hope to have some semi-substantial blog posts and/or Flickr sets for some of these but I’d like to get them mentioned before they all become old news. [some kind of division] Been watching a fair few movies, started [...]

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Atlanta’s a distant memory Montgomery a recent blur and Tulsa burns on the desert floor like a signal fire I got Willie on the radio a dozen things on my mind and number one is fleshing out these dreams of mine Cowboy Junkies — 200 More Miles A little over a week ago I wrote [...]

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Today has been a fairly laid-back day. Considering. I got up at 10-ish and have been on slow ever since. Pauline & Kathryn’s class was having a reading day and I decided to forego more Protégé work this evening in Allen’s class. We will be doing more next week. So I have been giving myself [...]

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