Visiting the Eric Carle Museum in Massachusetts

even the bathroom wall tiles are art! and Happy Birthday, 40 years, to that very Hungry Caterpillar.

The road rises...

an excuse to post a nice photo of my youngest son - but in line with recent house discussions about snarky librarians and burn-out librarians and what kind of librarians do we want to be (the word "helpful" was in there) and what a funny profession it is - book lovers, generally private sorts, out on the front line pushing books, pushing libraries, getting flack and attitude but also grace moments and the feeling at times that what you are doing counts for something...not all toast crusts, that.