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June 25, 2025: And it’s Getting Late

We are going to bed late. We had a lot to do. Me, I try really hard to prioritize what it is that I have to do, but sometimes, like today, when I have too much to do, I fall behind.

I did write today. I got stuck, in writing about BLBP board governance. A part of the problem is that I do not want to cast aspersions on anyone’s character. So instead, I have to talk about specific incidents – I am not yet at the point where I talk about the board speaking with one voice; this would make this way easier. So instead, I am dealing with this individual voice challenge – I thought about this some today and may have solved the problem.

I hope to know tomorrow. I don’t know if I am going to find the time to write.

This morning was so long ago I can’t remember any particulars. I did some distributing, at the new bakery, Kombucha, and the DMV. And I stopped at Family Promise Thrift Store and picked through books. The staff wasn’t too happy about my leaving the discards behind, but I did not have the time, space, or inclination to deal with book dregs.


Young dog and old dog


I spent the afternoon in the former banquet room of the historic Eagle Hotel. I recruited a new volunteer, and we worked companionably together, cleaning and stamping the children’s books that were on the nonfiction table. I was pleased with how it went. We got work done. There were also a handful of regular volunteers present, so we all put a dent in the children’s book boxes.

I’m not the same person I was six years ago. I thought this as I walked over to the city hall building and talked at length with the new city manager about the BLBP. I found her to be an engaging individual. She likes what she heard about our project. I thought, those who are positive have a way of making things happen.

I didn’t say this, but we really do need more space. I’ve done a wonderful job of keeping books off the floor, but I don’t foresee this as being possible in the future.

I also went over to Wolf Architecture and talked with an architect there – not Gary Wolf – this is who I am going to talk to. Laura was a bit more circumspect about the possibility of our building on city land, next to the library – but definitely not opposed to the idea.

5 p.m. Everyone was gone. I spent the remaining time in the literacy center getting ready for tomorrow. We are going to Sutton fairly early – leaving here at 10:00 a.m., and we will be ready to do the preschool story time at 11:00 a.m. There is also a 1:00 p.m. story time, this is for the older children. We’ll take Hrimmi if it doesn’t rain. Rain could be a complication. I may write in the evening. Hard to say.

I had an okay ride on Raudi very late this evening. Young dog chased grouse. Old dog followed behind the horse.

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