Literary Quote Month: Day 12

"I am glad you are come, for there is such fun here!"

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

My parents came to Bloomington for a visit this weekend. It was lovely, and we explored parts of Bloomington I had yet to experience. Also, we found a fabulous Tibetan place. You should come visit, too, for there is such fun here. =)

Literary Quote Month: Day 11

"This wine is too good for toast-drinking."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

Today I went with my parents to the Oliver Winery just north of Bloomington. The grounds are beautiful, the tour was interesting, and the wine.... Oh, the wine was good. I really didn't know I could like wine this much. Happily, my wine rack is now full!

Did you know that, in Indiana, where blue laws prohibit the purchase of alcohol on Sundays, wineries are the only people who can sell their alcoholic wares on Sunday? Good to know.

Literary Quote Month: Day 10

"I do hope there's pudding."

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I did hope there was pudding after my wonderful dinner at FARMbloomington this evening. And pudding there was: in my case, lemon and lavender ice. It was amazing.

Literary Quote Month: Day 9

"Which leads me to my candy collection."

-Maira Kalman, The Principles of Uncertainty

Really, my candy is rather a stash more than a collection. It includes my favorite chocolate bar from the UK (Cadbury's Crunchie); some lovely lemon lollies; teacakes which will finally get enjoyed for my birthday party; shortbread; and Dove chocolates. I always like to be prepared for a sweet tooth, although somehow it always works out that I don't crave it when it's around. Probably a good thing.

I'm glad that embedding audio and video is so easy...

...because some of this stuff is seriously too wonderful NOT to share.

If insomnia shook you all night long...

Working in a library is amazing because you find all sorts of things you would never have guessed even existed. Case in point? A wide selection of lullaby renditions of real, adult bands. We're not talking the Wiggles here (if you don't know who they are, don't bother looking them up; Raffi was way better). We're talking AC/DC. For little kids. For bedtime.

I kid you not.

Literary Quote Month: Day 8

"Mighty Casey has struck out."

-Ernest Thayer, "Casey at the Bat"

This evening I was at the Monroe County Public Library again, both shelf-reading in the children's music section and supervising in the Preschool Education Center. There was only one child in the PEC during my hour shift, and quite a cute one he was. His M.O. for the evening was clearly to stack things; whether they were meant to be stacked was entirely immaterial. Thus it should come as no surprise that certain unstable towers tumbled, despite his best intentions.