Author Archives: Verla Viera

The Professor thinks I’m hilarious. She says I should tweet. Others would enjoy what I have to say, she tells me. I set up an account, but having all that random stuff streaming towards me was overwhelming, so I quit … Continue reading →

I am watching that episode of Cheers where Diane meets Frasier’s mother. And Mom is not in Seattle, and she is not married to Marty, and she is not dead. My head is about to explode. Ironically, this is also … Continue reading →

Are you sometimes ashamed of the guilty pleasures you watch on TV, or at least how much time you spend at it? Do you feel that watching TV is a guilty pleasure in itself? Or maybe you fall into the … Continue reading →

A few days ago, the Professor went out to get the paper in the morning, and she found in a little bag on our driveway not one but two! Avon catalogs. One says it is Campaign 18, and the other, … Continue reading →

Librarians. 90% of the time, when we disclose our profession, the response is, “Oh! So you know the Dewey Decimal System.” Well, no. Like many librarians, I don’t know the Dewey Decimal System, beyond knowing it places topics into a … Continue reading →