Snippets

• Five days in Washington reminded me how much I enjoy fog and dislike wind. Lots of family time, pie, games, later nights than usual, time with old friends (and a new baby!). Good flights, The Office, even some knitting.

• Now it's 18 degrees and we've had rain, thunder, hail and snow since yesterday afternoon. I wore my happy silk long underwear for the first time this winter.

• I'm really thinking I might do this library science master's thing. So far the Kansas-based Emporia program in Salt Lake is looking most promising. I had a good conversation with one of the public reference librarians, who actually went to Emporia in Kansas. Her job sounds pretty cool: helping people, ordering books, planning events. So now the GREs. I always did enjoy tests requiring the precise shading of tiny boxes.

• I spent the evening with the youth at church, so I'm kind of hyper and tired at once. It's my usual Wednesday sensation.

• I'm reading and/or listening to three books right now, all having to do partly or mostly with the West from various angles.
  - Three Cups of Tea
  - Little House on the Prairie
  - Where the Bluebird Sings to the Lemonade Springs
It's a huge place, this West. And not very populated. And difficult to categorize. With which states, for example, do you lump Wyoming or Utah? "Mountain West" seems most appropriate. But New Mexico? Idaho? South Dakota? How about "Those Big Square States in the Middle"?

Comments

[Shannalee]

I very much enjoy the photo of the farm/countryside. Every time we drive north, I think how perfect the fields and barns look. I'd like to live on one.

(And I've heard Washington has some of the best!)

[Leah]

I hate to break it to you, but the GRE now simply requires precision clicking of tiny boxes.

Glad you had a good time at home. I am very much looking forward to my own PNW trip.

[DeAnna]

Hi,

I'm a regular reader, but I think I've only commented once or twice. Anyway, I'm interested to read what you thought of Three Cups of Tea when you finish it. I listened to it a few months ago and really enjoyed it. I happened to be listening to it while I was going through the process of applying to the Peace Corps, so it had a special resonance for me. And I have a somewhat distant friend who now works at Greg's office in Bozeman. Anyway, curious to hear someone else's take on it.

[Courtney]

Okay, as a public librarian, I have to warn all aspiring librarians: being a librarian is AWESOME but going to library school is AWFUL. Seriously. But it's still worth it for the job. :)

[Whitney]

What an interesting site you have! I was just googling pictures of earring holders and I came across yours - I will definitely be coming back here... your scrap art is great!

[Mo]

You know how I always look at engagement pictures, both newly announced and 50 year celebrations and compare smiles? Well, look at MandMs' smiles. Aren't they identical? Bodes well. Are you going to volunteer at a library and get your toes wet?

[Zandria]

Re: the GREs. I took that a few years ago, and it was completely done on a computer. No boxes to shade. :)