Daily Thoughts 02/12/2020

 

Attributed to Rembrandt Van Rijn, Man Reading, 1648

Daily Thoughts 02/12/2021

I checked the library Twitter and Facebook Group this morning.

I finished reading The Human Cosmos Civilization and the Stars by Jo Marchant.  The author ends the book with a reminder that human beings for a long time have lived with a sense of awe about the cosmos and we need to be more connected to the sky like we used to be.

I read some more of Stay Woke.  I am reading about when is the time best time to meditate.  There is a reminder that it is hard to meditate after you have eaten something; you concentrate on your stomach, not your thoughts.

I am also reading The Macedonian Incident.  I am enjoying the characters from the different time periods.  There is often a lot of research and history in writing in a good alternative history.  The authors have to try and figure out how the people from different time periods would act.


The Making of Manuscripts: More Than What's Written on the Plage

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-makings-of-manuscripts-more-than-whats-written-on-the-page/


Library Books Late: Overdue Fees Are Going Away at Many Libraries Among Covid 19 Epidemic Economic Crisis

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2021/02/08/libary-overdue-book-fees-changing-amid-coronavirus-crisis/4251270001/


Library Parking Lot Wirelss Service Becomes Permanent

https://www.kbbi.org/post/library-parking-lot-wireless-service-becomes-permanent#stream/0







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