Community matters at your library

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No two libraries are alike.  I learned this young.  My family moved around a lot for my dad’s job when I was young, so we criss-crossed the country collecting library cards along the way–thanks to my mom’s deep love of reading combined with her frugal nature. Continue Reading

On the last day of spring break…

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I’m typing next to my living room windows. It is sunny outside, and there is a steady stream of bike and pedestrian traffic providing me with a soundtrack of conversational snippets as people pass. It has been spring for weeks, but on a day like today, it feels like spring. Continue Reading

Yellow Fever: A serious, but enjoyable, show at the Guthrie

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I grew up going to a lot of community theater. My mom loves theater, and she made sure we went to whatever community production we could find in our small suburb. Very occasionally we even went into the city for a real show at the Chicago Auditorium. All the shows we saw were fun, but the few professional shows we saw were really quite extraordinary. Continue Reading