Yesterday, we had a fabulous visit with Christie and Mark Pickel, the founders of Love, Erin . Their mission: Our family's mission with Love, Erin is to continue to share Erin's love and light to those in need.  Items such as baby wipes, food, school supplies, clothing, and first aid kits fill a Love, Erin tote and are given in memory of Erin. AND the Old Town Library was the recipient of their generosity. We currently have a Donor's Choose ( Gardening: Bringing Reading to Life! ) and an Amazon Wish List for gardening supplies. These wonderful presents are just the supplies we needed to get our gardening project off the ground. I've got a few pix, but hope to add more as they come in! Oh! See that cute little Panda? It's engraved with our name on it! Thank you Christie and Mark for generously sharing Erin's love and passions!

Saturday, I went to see Wonder Woman with my oldest son. I know. I'm late to this game, but since most of you have already seen it . . . It was great, wasn't it!?! I didn't think about real life once during the movie! Now you'd think, at this stage of my life, I'd know I'll never be Wonder Woman. But I still grapple with that little fact. I've got the drive, I've got energy, I've got ambition. I want to simultaneously fight for better education and funding for libraries while at the same time making my library a not-so-hidden paradise. But I had regular parents and lacked interference from Zeus, and this my friends, makes me a mere mortal. To top off that sweet little fact with a maraschino cherry, I'm at the wrong end of middle age. I can't do everything I'd like to do. OK, so that was never my reality, but now it's painfully obvious that doing everything I want is even more of a dream. Darn. What is a mortal to do over the summer t...