Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Once Upon a Library

I got a library card today.

I walked in with a proof of address and my ID, filled out an application, and picked out a card design,

- a green dinosaur running next to a volcano in the desert while grinning and reading a red book - and then it was done.

And somehow, the world seems a brighter place indeed.

As I walked in I had a rush of memories from the libraries of my past.

I remember being very little and reading in a cage(...?) in the library in St. Charles. I loved the picture books I would discover there.





I grew a little older and we moved to Cortland where the small Community Library was a safe haven of adventure and wonder. I would go there after school to hang out with my friends
and chat with them on AOL even though they were right next to me. Ya, we were cool.



Even bigger and cooler was the Dekalb Public Library where we would enroll in summer reading programs to get all sorts of cool prizes. It was so huge. I only ever used the bottom floor... I can't even imagine what else they have to offer there that is not filled with pictures or the Bailey School Kids' adventures!



I'm so excited to make new library memories. As far as I know, there is not cage in this new library, but I suppose it wouldn't really be socially acceptable for me and my 21 year old self to crawl into a reading cage anyway, so maybe it's going to be okay.

Goodnight, dear void.
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  1. Kaylee LarsenSeptember 22, 2011 at 8:14 PM

    The Cage!! You found a picture of the cage!? Oh my goodness! That sure brought be back a couple decades... I LOVED that cage. (And, regardless of what you think, I would totally approve of you climbing into a library cage to read a book. If you need an excuse, have Kiralee go with you. She'll flip through books while you read; people won't think twice then.)

    Did you get a Provo Library card? Cuz if I remember right, my Provo Library card has that same design...

    Yeah for libraries! A library card was one of the first things I got here in Vernal. I'd go there more often, but I may or may not have just spent quite a few dollars on books with one of my sisters. I must read those first... :)

    Love you!

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