Friends

Gee, somebody wants to be my friend on Facebook.  That makes me feel good, even though I rarely look at Facebook.  I should be into it, as I specialize in superficial relationships.  But whenever I look at it, news streams by about people who are totally marginal in my life.  I did get contacted by an old college friend.  I do love when that happens.  Then I ran into an old high school friend at yoga.  Now we are getting really far afield.  I didn't even recognize her.

Finished an audiobook of Here lies the librarian, by Richard Peck, read by Lara Everly.  I had trouble paying attention to it at first, but then I got into it.  It starts out with a tornado, making me think that maybe I had gotten the discs messed up.  But no, it was disc number one.  Of course, I picked it up at the Vineland Public Library (AUD CD YA FIC Peck Richard) because I love anything to do with libraries or librarians.  Actually, the librarian referred to is already dead and buried at the beginning of this book, but there is a continuing library theme.  Pewee is a tomboy and Jake is her brother.  They seem to be orphans and run an auto mechanic business.  Some lovely young ladies tour through town to look at the tornado damage and they become acquainted.  The young women are students of library science.  They end up getting hired to reopen the town library (from which Peewee has been banned for life at the age of 10 for bad language).  There is also an automobile race, a wicked family of rival auto mechanics and a possibly budding romance between one or more of the girls and Peewee's brother. This all takes place in Indiana in the early years of the 1900's.  It is a delightful listen.

Taxes, taxes, taxes...I really should get help with my taxes but am reluctant.  Should I get someone I KNOW or someone I DON'T know?  Life gets more complicated every year and especially last year simce I retired in the middle of the year.  And it is already almost MARCH.  Yikes.  I am about to panic.  I dutifully try and read the booklets cover to cover and it is very time consuming.  The federal booklet isn't even available yet!  I know once I do it online, I will never get a booklet again.  Thus, my stubborn desire to continue doing it by hand.