21 November 2008
Do-Gooder
Yesterday we received an e-mail from the principal at Katherine's school about an incident: the discovery of a colored, plastic toy gun outside of the school. I read the e-mail, dismissed it (am I too nonchalant?), and deleted it.
Fast forward a few hours. After picking up Katherine at school, she tells me that she and a friend saw a plastic toy gun outside the school and reported it to one of the teachers when they got in the school. Apparently there is quite a rigorous process for the reporting of a potential "weapon". I thought I was listening to the plot line of CSI. OK, now I'm exaggerating.
Fast forward a few hours. After picking up Katherine at school, she tells me that she and a friend saw a plastic toy gun outside the school and reported it to one of the teachers when they got in the school. Apparently there is quite a rigorous process for the reporting of a potential "weapon". I thought I was listening to the plot line of CSI. OK, now I'm exaggerating.
19 November 2008
RIP Nokomis Library?
I found out that they are planning to "renovate" our neighborhood library. While I can appreciate the need for some updating, I'm a little worried. The Nokomis Library feels cozy to me--like a neighborhood library should be, unlike the behemoth Southdale Library. I like the "old fashioned" architecture of the Nokomis Library.
Both things remind me of the library I went to as a child, the Edina Community Library. That too had 1960's architecture and a large geographically-inspired sculpture. In the above photo, behind the sculpture, you can also see the cool reading loft for kids. So I hope that "renovate" doesn't mean "sterilize", like what they did to the Edina Library when they redid it.
Both things remind me of the library I went to as a child, the Edina Community Library. That too had 1960's architecture and a large geographically-inspired sculpture. In the above photo, behind the sculpture, you can also see the cool reading loft for kids. So I hope that "renovate" doesn't mean "sterilize", like what they did to the Edina Library when they redid it.
07 November 2008
ALERT!
Facebook has sucked all the energy out of this blog.
