Memories from Mama's Childhood

Disclaimer and apology: this post will really only make sense to those of you who lived with Mama during her childhood. But, for those people, it will matter...

I am working at my local library today. I chose a comfy chair by the fireplace because it reminded me of the public library of my youth, and how the comfy chairs by the fireplace were for grown ups. Getting to sit there was a privilege...and a rite of passage (not quite the milestone that the tanning deck of the Bald Mtn pool. was... But a rite of its own).

I just leaned over to get something out of my backpack and saw that I have been sitting right next to this book...

I feel at home.