Posted in libraries, tagged working in paradise on 15 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 due library books.
Patron: (Suddenly [...]
Posted in sasquatch, 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 [...]
Posted in libraries, tagged borges, working in paradise on 1 February 2008 | No Comments »
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 help them [...]
