Mollie

Mollie is my adored god-daughter. I dedicate my life to being a bad influence on her! Her mom and dad are onto me, though.

When Mollie was one, I demonstrated to her how to pick things up with her toes and then forgot about it. At her second birthday party (at which I was a wrangler), she plopped herself down on the floor with her cake, took off her socks, and plunged her toes into the cake and very deftly fed herself that way. After a moment of silence, her mother sternly called out, "Carla!" Me? I was innocent - I'd merely demonstrated that one can pick up things with one's toes!

You call this rain?

This afternoon, I sat in a chair in the living room. I looked out the front, east-facing window and watched it rain. Very lightly, but rain it was. Turning my head, I looked out the side, south-facing window. It was not raining on that side of the house.

I went outside to be sure my eyes were working. Dry as a bone in the garden on the side of the house, wet in the garden in the front. Talk about localized weather!

I have never before been unemployed - other than those times I chose to be so. It is unnerving. I'm not sure how to start from a dead stop - previous job hunts had the security of being in a job, getting a salary, having a place to be every morning. Now, it is tempting to lie abed, reading, rather than search websites for leads, fill out applications for work while I find a job, figure out how to move forward in my life.

I spent this morning cruising the ALA job ads. The American School in Athens? Public library in Winsted, CT? Department administrator in the Sociology Department at Michigan?

9 months

I lived and worked in Philadelphia for nine months - the length of a pregnancy. But, to what did I give birth? The end of a career as a preservation specialist? Or, to the beginning of whatever comes next for me? I prefer the latter. A bit more positive a spin, no?

Perhaps I need also to become more declarative, rather than questioning. So - yes! On to whatever is next after a short nine months.

Hi All!

Well, this is Carla's trusty sidekick, Mollie.  I've just started a blog for Carla because she sends such interesting emails out to her friends, from time to time, that I thought it'd be cool to make her a BLOG! (That's a Web log for those of you who don't know.)  So now I'm turning the reins over to Carla herself!  Hope to see some fun stuff coming up!