Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
I always do this. It's family day, so I round everyone up for a big tournament of Push, or some other card game. And then I get SCHOOLED. # Professional kitchens have rubber mats underfoot. [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-06
Come to Williamsburg library on Scotland Street tomorrow and fill your library card. Combination protest and sad, sad goodbye to a friend. # Back from library protest. Much sympathy from many [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30
Coffee, fireplace, and a warm computer to snuggle up to. # I seem to be spending the day with Erasmus. # Searching for a metaphor for Henry VIII. "Sick elephant" not quite getting me [...]
Philip Pullman on pragmatic and shortsighted library boards
As the day when my Williamsburg Regional Library card will no longer work draws nearer, bad library news is suddenly erupting from all sides. There’s our library; the Queens Public Library [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-23
DS19 back at UVA. House is so…quiet. And serene. No one is sitting on anyone else. # Homemade sage pasta with sausage, mushrooms, garlic and Parmesan: I like Sunday dinner. # Lost in [...]
That’s probably the final volley
So the WRL Board of Trustees never responded at all to my latest request, which was, very simply, “Please explain why you have decided not to make fee-based cards available to people in [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-16
DH is looking up imprecatory psalms to cast towards the Duke bench in the second half. # I have things I could do today. If I felt like doing things. # Today's rant: If you're going to [...]
The Great Checkout Protest of January 31
A first heads-up: If you live within driving distance of Williamsburg, consider joining us at the Williamsburg Regional Library on Scotland Street between 10 AM and 2 PM for the Great Checkout [...]
On the other hand, this is turning into an interesting writing challenge.
I’m aware that my struggles with the local library are not COMPLETELY relevant to the topic of this blog. However…access to books is of no small matter to any writer (or dedicated [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-09
Got married on Epiphany, 21 years ago today. # The Artificial Ham in my split pea bags worries me. Particularly the space-age insulated packet designed to keep it from TOUCHING anything. # [...]
The New Year commences
What with wrestling with the Renaissance world, struggling to complete Peace Hill Press’s upcoming middle-grade writing and grammar curriculum, and fuming over my local library’s [...]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-02
Sitting on a sled at the top of a very steep hill. Sure I can stop before I hit the Chickahominy at the bottom… # Survived sled plunge & subsequent cold HOURS waiting for children to [...]