"Far Flung Correspondents"
CW, living on the west coast now, wrote recently and reported, "The Seattle Public Library ... is wonderful and seems to be used by a lot of people. . . ." She also said,

One of the local bookstores is having a "no more war sale" with 25% off all books through tomorrow to encourage people to turn off the bad news on TV and the radio and pick up a good book.

A fabulous idea! I often turn off "Morning Edition," lately. I can't take man's inhumanity to man over breakfast.

C isn't the only one with an eye on the new library in Seattle. I believe the New Yorker wrote about it, but I am three issues behind, again. The Washington Post article on it focused its attention on statistics showing that Seattle is full of well-educated people (willing to pass a $196 million bond to pay for a new library).

CNB says the Brood X cicadas make her want to cover her ears while walking on the trails of Columbia, Md. Meanwhile, BLG says he hasn't noticed any on Capitol Hill, perhaps because they are Democrats. I will see and here for myself in a week or so when I go up to CUA for a day.

FW! Where are those links you promised?

At Home
At RPL -- and without link -- Tuesdays this June are dedicated to the Richmond Writers Series. Caroline Kettlewell (Electric Dream, "a high voltage story about an unlikely team of high school kids and the race to build the car of the future") opens it on June 1, 7 p.m., in the Main Library's Gellman Room. The series is co-sponsored by the Valentine Young Associates (my new board obligation), so as soon as Tuesday classes are done, I'll see you there!

Things I like about walking to the Historical Society, for my practicum:
30 minutes of exercise;
the smell of the blooming magnolias in the last three blocks;
getting garden ideas from neighbors (plant lots of colorful annuals, like petunias and impatiens close together; use monkey grass wherever possible);
and considering the first occupants of the pretty big apartment buildings on the Boulevard (was it fashionable, or the dusty far west end? Were they 20-somethings, just getting started? Single women (nice ones) would not have lived in apartments, of course).

Capital City weather: the overcast morning became a clear, hot afternoon; that lead to a thunderstorm with plenty of lightening and rain. Good thing the roofers finished today.