Round Rock Public Library

People are so quick to draw conclusions.  So what if The Sting, The Natural, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid top my “10 Best Films List”?   I also love […]

Forget Rumpelstiltskin’s debtor spinning straw into gold and Cinderella’s fairy godmother devising a coach from a pumpkin.   This project demanded creativity. Michelle, our library director, requested that fellow reference librarian Chris and

Not everyone who works in the library is a librarian (technically, that’s only the folks with MLS or MLIS degrees).  And among the librarians, library assistants, and library associates in

This week, I found myself tracking former residences the way some people Google their old flames. Leave ’em and love ’em: that’s my motto.  Of a dozen former homes, we’ve

Like all parents, I ponder the Generational Divide some days more than others.  And this week?  Well, it occurred to me that J.K. Rowling’s great gift to humankind–the Sorting Hat–might

The customer isn’t always right.  On those rare occasions, it’s fortunate if someone else has already said so. That’s what happened with the recent job hunter who slid his resume

Yes, I’m overthinking this.  Chances are that if a city official or Michelle, our library director (or anyone else) happened by the reference desk when I said that, they wouldn’t consider

I spotted Wonder Woman in the library a couple of days ago.  Or maybe it was Super Mom; there’s scarcely any difference.The first clue to her identity was the adorable

Library resources can be as hard to find as Richard III’s remains but there are some good ones to excavate.

Resolution someone should make for 2013:  solve the question of acceptable vs. inconsiderate digital multitasking. Before the term came into being, we felt virtuous when accomplishing things simultaneously.  Haven’t we

…is another version of “The Night Before Christmas”.  What if Santa paid a visit to downtown Round Rock the week before his annual delivery? The Night Before Christmas at Round

This time of year, surprises should arrive tied with a bow or layered in a tin with other similarly delectable items.  As for the other kind of eye-opener (say, the dawning realization

A certain approaching event conjures up a vivid image:  busy workers frantically readying shipments of delightful items for wide, eagerly received distribution.  Santa’s elves are probably working overtime, too.  But

Board meetings are like Thanksgiving; I’m much happier during and afterward than before.  Wednesday’s session was fine; after two years in this area of church administration the four of us

Earlier in the week, two distinguished-looking individuals smiling determinedly, perfectly tailored, and sporting patriotic ties strode onto the debate platform.  Witnessing this, my daughter and I echoed one another’s’ thoughts: 

Raise your hand if a youngster of your acquaintance ever fixated on an unlikable bedtime story, demanding this resented volume to be read nightly for weeks on end. Now, raise