I now live in the library ghetto. This means that, because of where I live within the City of Tualatin, I can reserve or check out books only from the Tualatin Public Library, and not any of the 13 other libraries that are a part of Washington County Cooperative Library Services. Thankfully, my local newspaper is all over it. Oh wait, they only publish once a week on the same day that the letter came out.

Later: I’ve started generating a list of questions I think it would be useful to have answered. Weigh in with your own by using the tip form.

Let’s take this one step further. In addition to allowing the community to pitch assignments, they should obviously be able to use a currency to vote on which reporting projects actually move forward. It doesn’t need to be an “official” currency, however; the money that the community uses to green-light journalism assignments could be the same that they use for economic transactions within the local geo-space.

As my sister gets ready to go off to college, my mom thought it would be best to make sure the house stays lively.  We visited the local animal rescue shelter, and Maggie picked out her favorite: Mia.

Madeline, envious of Maggie’s new friend, decided she wanted to get one too: David.

Lively it’s been, too, as these two dynamos never stop.  Personally, I’ve never thought myself much of an animal person, but the two new kittens are growing on me.

Somedays you just have to take a break from the work to capture the beautiful things around you.