The same only different

I should have kept these notices throughout the years. There are some things in life that are the same only different - a phrase that normally makes me twitch a bit. But think about it. We had bookshelves made of planks and cinder blocks -- we had those things in twelve addresses during the first fifteen years of married life. And if you saw a picture of those shelves, you'd be able to tell where we were and what we were doing if you read the spines of the books.

We had a couch too. A goldish sort of yellow/brown couch. It is a very solid and good quality couch, and we hefted it in and out of moving trucks over and over and over. We've got it in an attic awaiting new fabric because the old fabric kind of came to pieces at the seams, but still. Pictures of that couch will show you babies at different stages, and various living rooms, and backgrounds of artwork - home made and otherwise. Here, for instance. That's baby number two threatening to make his appearance and his parents resigned to waiting for him until he got good and ready. (Good old couch. Even with that weighted front side, I didn't sink too far in for getting up again to chase my 18 month old. -- Wait. That was the kid who didn't need any chasing. Oooh, yeah! She used to stop at the threshold of the front door in that apartment in California, edge her pudgy little toes to the outside of the metal strip, and bend waaaay over to peer out. But it was an edge. She never fell off and she never went across it. Then this next kid came along and we bought a gate.)

So here is what I should have saved. This was in my inbox today. These are the books that will have my name on them at the library today, and I will bring them home tonight. Don't you think these lists of library holds say an awful lot about a person? I'm a far cry from What to Expect When You're Expecting, or Your Two and Three Year Old.

HOLD PICKUP NOTICE -- Material you requested is available.

***You'll now find items on the hold shelf by the first four letters of your
last name + the last four digits of your library card number.***

Contact library staff if you need more information.  Please do not reply to
email notices.  You can view or update your holds from the catalog at
http://catalog.fvrl.org/ or http://www.ci.camas.wa.us/library/.

1   What every BODY is saying : an ex-FBI agent's guide to speed reading
  people / Joe Navarro, with Marvin Karlins.
  Navarro, Joe, 1953-
  call number:153.69 NAVARRO                              copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library                       



2   The lively art of writing / by Lucile Vaughan Payne.
  Payne, Lucile Vaughan.
  call number:808.042 PAYNE                               copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library                       



3   The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M.
  Williams.
  Booth, Wayne C.
  call number:001.42 BOOTH                                copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library                       



4   The company we keep : an ethics of fiction / Wayne C. Booth.
  Booth, Wayne C.
  call number:174.98 BOOTH                                copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library                       



5   Jane Austen for dummies / by Joan Klingel Ray.
  Ray, Joan Klingel.
  call number:823.7 RAY                                   copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library                       



6   Homosexuality and the politics of truth / Jeffrey Satinover.
  Satinover, Jeffrey, 1947-
  call number:306.766 SATINOV                             copy:1
    Pickup by:5/25/2009
  hold pickup library:Stevenson Community Library