Facebook
Oh me, oh my! I feel like I have come into this Facebook thing kicking and screaming. I don't know why I am resisting it so. It just feels so ---- out there! I don't feel that I have as much control on this as the other technologies. Do I really want to have old high school friends, college friends .... contacting me? Something about it all doesn't set well with me. It is probably just resisting change. Communication is changing so much. I just finished Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks last night. It was so good. If they wanted to communicate with someone, they walked to the home, knocked on the door, and if the other person wanted to communicate the door was opened. If they did not want to chat they didn't answer the door. Was this the seventeenth century way of defriending a person? My friends and daughters I am sure are grateful for this class to help nudge me into the 21st century! Anyway, for this class I am giving it the good old college try. My info for Facebook is http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?v=info&edit_info=all. We will see how it goes.


Quote of the Week
In honor of Martin Luther King Day this week (that really was Monday, seems like a long time ago) one of my favorites:
"The Ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." Martin Luther King

Recommendation
So I had a really bad ache in my neck, shoulder area this week. Oh it hurt! It felt like it was in the muscle. So I didn't sleep with a pillow thinking I had slept on it wrong. That helped but not entirely. I knew if I swam it would work it out. So off to the Y I went. That did it! So, my recommendation this week is: for those aches and pains--swim it out!


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Introduction

Hi fellow Librarians! My name is Vikki. I work in the Red Carpet department at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. So I do outreach to people's homes, gather books and deliver and present programs at four assisted living facilities, work at our public service desk, work in talking books, do a display... I love working at the library. I was fortunate to attend K Place graduating in '93. So I may even know some of you from way back then.
My friends understand that I am not technologically savvy. I do not even own a cell phone. So the purpose of our 23 Things Kansas program fits me well. It won't be hard for me to S T R E T C H and learn other ways to communicate. But I still like writing letters! So here we go with a new adventure of blogging.

Books
The book that I am presently reading is Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks.
The last few books that I have read are:
People Like Us by Dominick Dunne ( I wanted to read this before Too Much Money comes out.)
The Christmas Jar & The Christmas Jar Reunion by Jason F. Wright
The Laws of Harmony by Judith Ryan Hendricks
The Help by Kathryn Stockett ( I absolutely loved this book)
The Diary by Eileen Goudge
Touched by Angels by Eileen Elias Freeman
A Place Called Home edited by Mickey Pearlman (essays, loved it!)
My Life in France by Julia Child
Out of her Mind by Rebecca Shannondouse (women writing about their madness, essays)
What are you reading?


This week's Recommendation
I saw a great movie this week. It is "Young at Heart" produced by Sally George. It was on public television although we have it at the Library. It is a documentary of a chorus group with the average age of 81. They have toured Europe. They sing kind of punk rock music. It is a beautiful story that is sure to touch your heart. Has anyone seen it?


Quote of the Week

" Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. " Hazel Rochman


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