I miss restaurants
(This column is dedicated to Carole at Huddle House in McDonough. When it comes to waitressing, she wrote the book.) For me, the most difficult part of self-quarantining… Read more »
Category: Once A Librarian
It’s Reading Cats and Dogs! (Part 3)
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(This column is dedicated to two beautiful canines in my neighborhood, the serene Azura and the train-whistle-plagued Lulu) Google me this: Why does the human species feel so… Read more »
It’s Reading Cats and Dogs! (Part 2)
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(This column is dedicated to some fabulous felines: Stumpy, Tux, Atlas, Harrison, Sherlock, Taz, and yes, even you, Rambo) At an earlier time we talked about books that feature… Read more »
Ok Boomer
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People born between 1945 and 1960 have taken a pummeling lately. Even the youngest Boomers turn 60 this year, and that’s considered over-the-hill (or worse, invisible) by some. Many… Read more »
It’s reading cats and dogs
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If you aren’t allergic or a robot, you probably like cats and/or dogs. Pets bring a lot of joy into our lives – and they’re good for us too…. Read more »
It’s classic
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There are many classic movies. For me the big one is “Casablanca” because each time I watch it I enjoy it more and get something different out of it…. Read more »
Brain stretchers
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Three months ago I saw the movie “Yesterday,” a sort of alternate universe story in which the Beatles never existed. Good movie, great music (ironically, there are Beatles songs… Read more »
Family Stories
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I remember Suzanne Sugarbaker on “Designing Women” saying something like “I don’t see why we have to study history. If history repeats itself, why should we pay attention the… Read more »
Love and Work
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Full disclosure: I’m really not a librarian. Strictly speaking, only those who graduated with an MLS (master of library science) can actually call themselves librarians. The rest of us who… Read more »
Variety
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I am a “fragrance aficionado” — I like to smell (pleasant) things. I love to get the little sample vials of various scents (instead of the regular-sized bottles) because… Read more »