“Collections collect collectors. It doesn’t work the other way around. A certain object misses its own kind and communicates that to some person who surrounds it with rhyming items; these become at first a quorum, then a selective, addictive madness.” – Allan Gurganus This collection started with one mug, just one mug, which was a…
“If I have free time, I want to go to the beach…. Live a little bit of life.” – James Wan Saturday again, and on the beach with my weekly date with the dog! The simple joys of life, a walk on the beach, chasing the ball, swimming in the waves. We should all be…
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” – William Morris Every day, while I am walking from my car to my office, I take a look at the gardens. Today, I caught this butterfly sipping away on the nectar of the flowers. I am…
“Know your food, know your farmers, and know your kitchen.” – Joel Salatin It turns out that every Thursday there is a Farmer’s Market on campus…right outside the library. How convenient. I have decided to make it my mission to know my food, farmers, and their kitchen after eating a most delicious stuffed hashbrown filled…
“Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries.” Simon Van Booy Grateful that I took a leap of faith and went back to school – else I would not have landed up working as a librarian with views like this…well, almost views like this! This is the view…