Family Man Librarian

Yesterday was an incredibly busy day, as Michele helped to manage a garage sale at our house while I attended commencement as part of Taylor’s faculty in the a.m. and did some work in the garden in the p.m. The garage sale proceeds all go to MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers). Michele is on the leadership [...]

Well, our family has grown by four. I discovered that a feral cat had a litter of six kittens in our garden shed. As of this afternoon she was nowhere to be seen and two of the kittens had disappeared, so we made the difficult decision to take the remaining four inside and try to [...]

I was feeling better yesterday so decided to tackled some gardening projects. It was a bit of a mistake as I feel worse today, but oh well. I finally got the area around the bushes in the front of our house cleaned up and tilled. I also tilled the perennial bed that has been in [...]

Word from my mother this a.m. is good in that my sister-in-law, Linda, is doing a bit better than last night, even though she is still in tremendous pain. She has a very low blood count and has had four units of blood. I’m feeling better than yesterday, when I basically slept most of the [...]

Today is a sad and troubling day because Michele and I heard from my mom that my sister-in-law, Linda, is very sick again and hospitalized for intense pain in her stomach region. She spent two weeks in hospital about four months ago for similar pain and had an operation to clear up intestinal adhesions. Now [...]

Last night I was able to get the lawn mowed after several days’ delay, which was a good feeling. Keegan had his first try at driving the lawnmower and had fun with that. He did a good job of mowing a couple of rows! He discovered a couple of small bird’s eggs which I’m sure [...]

Yesterday I mentioned that we had put in some more bird feeders. Already I’m having to chase away a squirrel who thinks he (or she) has found the mother lode of easy pickings I’m enjoying the variety of birds I’ve seen feeding at the birdfeeders thus far, including the following: red-winged blackbird, common starling, [...]

I have been feeling unwell for a few days and woke up feeling a bit worse, so I stayed home for the day. Michele and I started, then stopped, a diet today. I think that’s the shortest time I’ve ever been on a diet! The weather here has been incredibly violent and stormy, with severe [...]