Wow! You librarians don't mess around! I'm getting several calls and e-mails and it's not even the end of November! Just today, I put Mason City, Iowa on my calendar and yesterday I added Columbus, Nebraska. Both of those libraries have had me several years in a row and now everytime I visit it's like visiting dear friends. Columbus and Mason City join Fremont, Papillion, Lincoln, Syracuse, Weeping Water and one Omaha Branch on my calendar so far. This year I performed a

I'm going to try something new with this blog. If you're a Facebook fan, you've probably heard about "Throwback Thursday" where you post a picture of yourself that's several years old. Well, I'd like to try "Wordless Wednesday." Each Wednesday I'll try to post something thoughtful or library/reading oriented that I hope you'll like. I suppose in the strictest sense, it won't be entirely wordless. It just won't be my words. The first choice for Wordless Wednesday is a wond

Happy Valentine's Day, Everybody! It has been an incredibly, wonderfully busy day for me. My alarm rang at 5 a.m. Usually when my alarm goes off that early, it means that I have to do a 9 a.m. show at a school 100 miles away that day. Not today though. Today I had to be at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce at 7:15 to receive the "Small Business of the Month Award." When I walked into the meeting room, I didn't know what to expect. In my imagination I thought there migh