A Wandering Eyre

You jocks may seek to argue with me, but the class that taught me the most in high school was not Geometry, Chemistry, or even English (though that was my first love). The thing that taught me the most, the things I remember and use even now, was band and it was mostly due to [...]

I have realized that I put a lot of things on Twitter that I used to post in random posts here. I do not want to make all my tweets come here (how annoying is that all the time?), but I think I should try to put more of the random here for you, the [...]

I have felt a general restlessness of late, the origin of which I think stems form many things.
Many of my librarian friends have been in Denver at Midwinter. Not only are they in one of my favorite locales, the mountains, they are there, having fun, without me. I suddenly feel like the lonely kid [...]

It has been a banner year for thankfulness at the Rochester household. Some things I am thankful for are simple and some are more dear, more complex. Here is a list of things this year has brought me.
Good coffee with real cream – My mother-in-law always drinks real cream in her coffee, and after [...]

Life amuses me.
For about the past 4 months I have agonized over my lack of time to do a few things:

Clean the entire house at once. It is now done in batches.
Read my RSS feeds on library news or any news for that matter.
Check my email everyday.
Write in this space or any space.
Take naps.
I worry [...]

Dear, lovely, readers, it has been a sad, sad past few weeks for Jane. I have been without the Internet and Cable since the hurricane. This would normally be a trial, but since I also stay home full time, I feel like I have been stranded on some hellish island in which I only have [...]

All is well in the Rochester household, though we are still without cable and internet. A small loss, comparatively, but largely felt by all concerned. I have appropriated the Grandparents Eyre’s computer for a couple hours to go through my obese email inbox and type this missive.
When it became apparent two weeks ago that [...]

We at the Rochester household weathered Ike fine, bunkered down in North Houston. We were without power and water for a few days, but we survived and that is all that matters.
With much trepidation, we journeyed back home on Tuesday. Happily, we found our home intact and water free. Even more exciting was the fact [...]

Ike is on his way and we are in the (cue ominous music) Cone of Uncertainty!!!!!!
I think this is a crazy name for the situation in which your house may or may not be battered by wind, rain, tornadoes, and storm surge, but I do not have a better label. The problem with uncertainty is [...]

It is important to have a back-up plan when creating the plan you hope will work. Sometimes even the best laid plans go awry and then it is time to revamp, evaluate, call in the A-Team, or whatever is needed to keep the levy from breaking.
I recently gave birth in a Birth Center with a [...]