Month: March 2008

  • This was taken this week at work. One of my co-workers wanted to brighten up the place so brought a beautiful flower arrangement that included these fuzzy pussy willows.

  • We are still getting snow. And it’s not a “spring snow.” It is some serious snow. We got about 2 inches this morning. The sun has come out but there is still quite a lot on the ground. Everyone here is frustrated. Even the little toddlers in my storytime were talking about how “much they…

  • The Inlander, Spokane’s “trendy” weekly newspaper has published this piece, featuring the Spokane Public Library. Here’s a little snippet if you don’t feel like clicking: It’s 2:15 on a gray, wintry Saturday afternoon and the downtown Spokane Public Library is brimming with hushed activity. Children scamper about as moms and dads quietly search the shelves.…

  • Amanda, over at etc has started a list of “100 things to do before you go” and has invited her readers to join in. So I am! She has her list divided into smaller lists of 20, which I also like and am going to shamelessly copy. So here are my first 20: Visit Pompeii…

  • I’ve been blazing through some squares on my Learn to Knit Afghan the past few weeks. I had kind forgotten that one of my goals last year was to finish this finally. That, obviously, didn’t happen. So I picked it up again and am having fun with it. This is my favorite of the squares…