Sewing, oil changes, and fish?
About a year ago I got a rather strange notion in my head that I wanted to learn how to sew. Not a totally comfortable fit, things like sewing and me. At a tender age I was asked to transfer out of domestic science and into business studies (with an instructor who taught us punch [...]
Rethinking thinking
Does your public library have a thinking pattern that is so tried and true, so formulaic, that it has moved beyond a successful method for solving problems into being a problem itself? Does every perceived problem get its own drawn out royal commission?
Occasionally when I muse on the future of libraries, I’m not enthusiastic: [...]
Vive la transformation!
I like reason and humour. And when faced with sentimentality or other emotions that make me uncomfortable I default to flippancy and irreverence. I’m not saying this is a good thing, It’s just a fair warning that you have to buy me a drink before you can get mushy with me.
And then along came [...]