The conference ended a couple of days ago, and I’m off in a few minutes to catch a train for a day trip to an open-air museum in another part of Holland, but I want to catch up the conference … Read More…
I’m taking a break from the conference to come to my room, enjoy some peace and quiet, and reflect on the sessions so far. My panel members and I (who will present tomorrow) find ourselves wishing for something a little … Read More…
On hearing I had cut up a book, one of my friends, a reference librarian, sent me this note: I think you should go to a library confessional. You may need to serve many volunteer hours at your local library … Read More…
I did something yesterday I’ve never done before: cut pages out of a book. No, this wasn’t censorship; this was rendering Rick Steves’s guide to Amsterdam more portable. I couldn’t believe my visceral reaction against taking a knife to a … Read More…
A few days ago, while the daily afternoon clouds were beginning to gather atop the Flatirons, I decided to head up to the hills to hike. Now, heading up a mountain is not a good idea when you know a … Read More…
A recent New York Times article by Charles Siebert deserves to be read by anyone who cares about human impacts on other creatures who share this Earth home. In this case the impact is noise. Mass beachings in 2002 of … Read More…
Clip-clop, clip-clop, ka-chuk-a-chuk-a-chuk. Rosie the brown mare broke into a trot down the straightaway of the empty road. This was her third trip of the morning down to the corner turnaround, and she was pulling a buggy full of people, … Read More…