Guns Kill

There was another school shooting last week.

A 14-year-old boy, using an AR-style rifle which his father gave him for Christmas, killed two students and two teachers and wounded 9 others at Apalachee High School in Georgia.

Guns kill. Books liberate. Why are books being banned, while guns are not? The majority of Americans favor sensible gun regulation. 

Sweet Corn

Squirrel

This is me walking into the kitchen.

Or any room in the house.

Fractured Nursery Rhyme

Little Miss Muffet

Sat on a tuffet

Contemplating a garden hose.

She put in her thumb

And pulled out a plum

Then stuffed everything up her nose.

ILL request

One of my duties at PC Library was to supervise interlibrary loan. A few years after I retired I had a dream. This is from a Facebook post in 2019.

Last night I dreamed that I still worked at the Library. We received 6-7 new interlibrary loan requests for.......

DONUTS!!!

I guess there was a donut shop in the Library (or the College).

The requests were for a variety of donuts: cinnamon, glazed, blueberry, cream-filled, etc. So I prepared boxes containing a half-dozen donuts and mailed them off. (I had to answer "no" to one request because we had run out of the specific variety that they wanted.)

Sometime later I thought "Wait a minute. I just gave away free donuts. What was I thinking?"

So I resolved that the next time the Library received ILL requests for donuts I would respond "No, not on shelf."

Birthday Freebies 2024

Red Robin	free burger: Smashed Avocado ‘n’ Bacon	$15.59
Nothing Bundt Cakes	free “bundtlet”: red velvet	$5.75
Perkins	free Magnificent Seven	$9.99
Papa Murphy’s Pizza	free pizza: medium “cowboy”	$15.99
Jimmy John’s	free sandwich	$7.19
Panera	free bakery treat: Bear Claw	$4.19
Denny’s	free Everyday Value Slam	$6.99
Portillo’s	free chocolate cake slice	$3.89
McAlister’s Deli	free cookie: “brookie”	$2.49
Subway	free cookie: oatmeal-raisin	$0.99
Culver’s	free frozen custard sundae: turtle	$5.09
I did not redeem these offers – Not worth the effort
Olive Garden	free dessert with purchase
Biaggi’s	free appetizer or dessert w purchase
Moe’s Southwest Grill	free cup of queso or guac
Applebee’s	free dessert with purchase
Texas Roadhouse	free appetizer or “sidekick” w purchase
Dunkin	3X points on all purchases

Compared to last year: No free burrito, no free donuts. But picked up free pizza.

St Patrick's Day

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary takes control
Speaking words of wisdom,
Make cinnamon rolls.

I stitched the cloth covers many years ago.