tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post6331467548743360915..comments2023-12-20T05:59:21.610-05:00Comments on Black-Eyed Susan's: Confession Tuesdaysusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-65518115179076589432009-02-18T21:41:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:41:00.000-05:00You and I do share a lot. I so try to be organized...You and I do share a lot. I so try to be organized, but it just doesn't work out. Piles of crap -- I mean important stuff -- everywhere. But it is only me to blame, not others.<BR/><BR/>I will hope that the missing books are due to interest, and that thoughts like that send good energy your way, and to the readers.<BR/><BR/>Hope you cut yourself some slack and that an energy boost finds its way Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744896385434246402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-64378896547852615452009-02-18T07:06:00.000-05:002009-02-18T07:06:00.000-05:00Sorry about your library. :(Are you promoting Blac...Sorry about your library. :(<BR/><BR/>Are you promoting Black History month online? Because I've been doing a little personal reading project this month, so if you need me to write something up, I can! :DEvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-65864665223868678332009-02-18T01:00:00.000-05:002009-02-18T01:00:00.000-05:00im sorry to hear about your library being trashed....im sorry to hear about your library being trashed. that's horrible. <BR/><BR/>i'm the same way, i feel like i'm constantly trying to keep my paperwork and space in order but it can never keep up. it will be clean and organized for a day or 2 and then it goes downhill from there. sigh.<BR/><BR/>i personally always feel generally out of sorts after my vacations, so i hear you. <BR/><BR/>thanks Odessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397968854709642789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-80077334442923516652009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:002009-02-17T19:05:00.000-05:00Melissa, very kind and I will without shame gladly...Melissa, very kind and I will without shame gladly accept your gift. I'll drop you an email. <BR/><BR/>I think we will see a change with book returns. There are library supporters who have really stepped up and offered to get more the kind of action and respect the library deserves.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-10546181625267126882009-02-17T18:37:00.000-05:002009-02-17T18:37:00.000-05:00Oh that's tough. I can send a few of my books if t...Oh that's tough. I can send a few of my books if that helps at all.<BR/><BR/>My books meaning ones I've written, not ones I own. Though I could do that too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-37917382074660912572009-02-17T17:51:00.000-05:002009-02-17T17:51:00.000-05:00Thanks T and Zetta, I can live with a child not wa...Thanks T and Zetta, I can live with a child not wanting to return a book they are reading. The truth is more of our books aren't returned because our girls have been conditioned to think things are owed to them and there are no consequences for failing to return books (this is a long-standing battle I'm having with administration).<BR/><BR/>When you run a library and work with kids, you get a susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924982664582970754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-28798162286871228122009-02-17T15:26:00.000-05:002009-02-17T15:26:00.000-05:00Yesterday I sat arranging books by genre, and leve...Yesterday I sat arranging books by genre, and levels, putting them neatly in baskets, all spines facing outward so that my students would have no trouble choosing a book that they would love to read, one that they could curl up with at night, one that would yield hours of enjoyment.<BR/><BR/>This afternoon I looked over at the library and noticed taht the baskets were not in the proper order, Thinking Aloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892190579167620248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8400455429821166661.post-78763134645166706312009-02-17T12:38:00.000-05:002009-02-17T12:38:00.000-05:00to quote our priceless blueswomen: it jus' be's da...to quote our priceless blueswomen: it jus' be's dat way sometime...hang in there! Missing books irk me, too--esp when I know it means some child somewhere probably just wanted a book, any book, or loved a book so bad they couldn't bear to give it back...you can't sustain a library that way. just remember: the sun WILL shine in your back door someday...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com