Hello, Hil and Art!

This post is especially for you. I met Josh and Ashley the other week while keeping healthy thoughts in mind at Grassroots Market in Five Points. We discussed some of the old WSJ people and, of course, you were included.

What a beautiful baby you have! Well, maybe not a baby now, a little boy I should have said. And what a talented Mum to make such wonderful cakes. Hil, you never used to do that!!

This blog was done as part of our library training courses. I think the idea is that we should be able to help the customers and also be able to understand what they are talking about. No more languishing in the 20th century—into the 21st and enjoy it! That explains why it has so much in it about things rather than about me. Not that I am doing much. Working part-time in the Main Library (nothing remotely like WSP) and occasionally teaching English in Orange Park, in between my major tasks of taking care of two dogs and one cat.

Maybe more at a later date. Bye for now.

The End

This has been a great trip. It has been educational, and I have to say that is not always fun! Sometimes I was tempted to call it quits when a site would not work the way I wanted, but after struggling onwards and with the help of Kema DeSagrado and Curt Beadell, I made it. Many thanks to Kema and Curt! (Kema, if I have spelled your name wrongly, please forgive me!)

Thanks also to the JPL Training Team for thinking of this. Great going, and keep going.

Thank you.

Podcasts

Now, this looks like serious fun! I would love to try it and will check the cost of the equipment. I notice he did not say how to stop your dog from barking at the wrong moment—I suppose you have to come up with that idea by yourself.

However, having broadcast before, although not using my own material, I do not feel daunted by the thought of addressing people I cannot even see.

But be warned! When you are broadcasting, you may have the urge to stop and ask, "Is there anybody out there listening to me?"

I have to say that being on a stage with a live audience beats radio any day. It's the rapport across the footlights that does it!

Overdrive

What a mine of information this is! I watched some of it but, without an MP3 player or similar, I did not watch the entire thing. When I have finished this course and have the little gadget to hand, then watching will be a positive joy.

Do our patrons all know about this, or is it a well-kept secret? I should think there ought to be a rush to get books this way and have story-time whenever you feel like it.