Family Man Librarian

Yesterday I was feeling pretty low with a cold. We were supposed to visit my family downstate but cancelled that trip. I feel badly that we had to do that but it was the right decision. I’m feeling better this a.m., which is good. I found it hard to believe when [...]

We’ve really enjoyed watching Keegan’s football team play over the course of the past several weeks. They have amassed a 6-1 record; pretty good for a sophomore team! This morning was his high school homecoming game. Below are some pictures taken at the game. Look for Keegan in the #72 jersey. [...]

Michele isn’t feeling well this a.m. so we won’t be going to church.  Keegan stayed overnight at a friend’s house to work on a big school project, so things around here are a bit more quiet than usual.  Today is my beautiful wife’s birthday! so that makes it an extra special day.
I’ve been watching a [...]

This past Saturday and Sunday were spent with family in Wisconsin whom we hadn’t seen for quite a while.  The occasion for the visit was the marriage of one of Michele’s cousins.  It was particularly nice to visit a bit with Michele’s paternal grandma, whom I admire and respect.  She, like so many unfortunate others, [...]

The capacity for evil in this world continually astounds me. The violence against innocent girls in an Amish country school yesterday haunts me, as does the killing of a girl in a school in Colorado and the murder of a school principal in rural Wisconsin. Another incident that I can’t get out of [...]

Yesterday we had some beautiful weather, and today looks to be the same. We decided to explore the area around where we hope to live. There is a lot of open countryside, most of it wooded. Mature oak trees are everywhere. (Oaks are my favorite trees.) There are lakes everywhere, [...]

I was pleased to get an email today announcing the winners of various annual awards from NASIG. NASIG generously gives out several different awards, but the highlight for me has always been the award for current Master’s level library and information science students. NASIG gives out several of these each year, and I [...]

Thanks to having yesterday off (it was Columbus Day here in the U.S.), we enjoyed a longer-than-usual weekend. Rather than try to finish unpacking boxes from the move and clean up the general mess, we decided to try to do some fun things. Saturday we visited a Japanese market called Mitsuwa Marketplace in [...]

Yesterday my brother-in-law, Bryan, came to visit for a short while and then drove back home with Keegan. Today they are leaving for Honey Rock Camp, Wheaton College’s Northwoods Campus in northern Wisconsin, for a weekend of fishing and fun. My parents-in-law are already there and they will all share an apartment. [...]

In a few short days I depart for the NASIG annual conference in Milwaukee, WI. I can’t wait. The upside: I get to spend lots of time with many of my closest friends and professional colleagues in a wonderfully relaxed, yet stimulating, conference environment. The downside: My family won’t be [...]