An adult patron walks into the library looking like she just got sent to the principal’s office. Patron: I am so sorry this is so late. (Puts library book in return bin.) Me: How late is it? Patron: Two days. Me: Two days? Don’t worry about it. That’s nothing. You shouldn’t lose sleep over past [...]
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Overheard at the Local Public Library
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged working in paradise on 15 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sasquatch
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged poetry, working in paradise on 7 February 2008 | 5 Comments »
Washington’s Skamania county, where I live, is mostly sparsely populated wilderness, home to Mount St. Helens, and also the world’s only Bigfoot refuge. Back in the sixties (long before I moved here) there were a lot of reports of possible Sasquatch sightings here. Many people found what they took to be Bigfoot tracks in snow [...]
Borges Was Right
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged borges, working in paradise on 1 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. —Jorge Luis Borges I work at a small town library in the Pacific Northwest. It’s a good job. I get to be around books, which I love, and I feel like I’m helping people everyday. Patrons come in looking for automotive manuals to [...]
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