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A Poem for a Thursday #161
I came across today’s poem without the author’s name attached. I read it halfway through and just knew it had to be by Mary Oliver. Her style is so recognizable and beautiful. I have shared a lot of her poems over the last few years but I have actually exercised great self-restraint. There are dozens and dozens more I would love to use. Chunky and noisy, but with stars in their black feathers, they spring from the telephone wire and instantly they are acrobats in the freezing wind. And now, in the theater of air, they swing over buildings, dipping and rising; they float like one stippled star that opens,…
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A Library Book Sale
The other day at work I was helping sort books for a book sale and was told to set aside all the ones we didn’t want for our sale and they would be sent to the main library since they have an ongoing sale room in their basement. This was not information I was previously aware of and the end result was obvious. I promptly visited the sale room on my next day off. For research purposes. How can I competently give information about the library system if I don’t have personal knowledge? Of the book sales, of course. As soon as I walked in I saw a cart full…





