How is it Friday already?
I’ve been having weird dreams & grinding my teeth in my sleep. Ug.
Yesterday I had to take my cat to the vet – a shot & lots of $$$ later, she should be better soon.
I thought life would slow down a bit after spring break BUT I WAS WRONG.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services are hold a wiki-based discussion “to help invent the future of museums and libraries through your participation in UpNext: The Future of Museums and Libraries Wiki.” The discussion runs from March 3rd to May 16th with a variety of museum & library professionals across the US covering important & relevant topics.
Michigan Radio ran this interesting piece last night about Detroit’s school system – a coalition of community organizations want to fire the school board & take over. Their goal is to “boost the city’s high school graduation rate from 58 percent to 90 percent by the year 2020.” I don’t know enough about the situation to have an opinion, but I’m happy to see people feeling empowered enough to work towards change.
As trite as it may sound, that’s a great example of the American can-do spirit – something I never really considered or took seriously before living in Bulgaria. The sense of defeat and resignation in the post-Soviet country is pervasive and often times frustrating for optimistic & idealist Americans such as myself. So I can’t help but feel an ounce of pride for those struggling against some pretty big barriers to make life better in Detroit.
The warm weather has been absolutely wonderful this week. Unfortunately it’s supposed to rain all weekend, but if there’s a few warm & sunny hours, I’m definitely getting out the hammock for some quality reading time. Sunny mornings with coffee & a book in the hammock is by far one of my favorite things in the world.
Happy Friday!
