State park trail entry point.

Journey Home

Tales from the pilgrimage.

library

  • Concerned Library Lovers

    Library lovers gather at the public library. It is not a formal meet up or conference. We are more like a living coral reef where symbiosis is more important than creating permanent structure. The weather was so mild on Tuesday, we chatted outside on the walkways to the parking lots. Library lovers are concerned about… Read more

  • Libraries Remain Important in Rural Iowa

    In addition to calling the American Library Association a “Marxist” organization, and asserting librarians should be arrested for materials found within the walls of spaces they manage, there is an anti-intellectual movement in Iowa to eliminate public libraries. There isn’t a bill for that, because it is a sub rosa campaign. The intent is there,… Read more

  • Republicans Seek to Repeal Library Freedom

    Editor’s Note: House File 274 passed out of subcommittee on Monday, Feb. 17, 2-1. A bill in the Iowa legislature seeks to repeal Section 728.7 of Iowa Code. This section provides a long-standing obscenity exception for libraries and educational institutions. According to the bill, nothing in code prohibits the use of appropriate material for educational… Read more

  • On the Trail to a Selfie

    This is the face of a man trying to understand how his Android camera works. The background on the state park trail was planned. The green sweatshirt is my standard winter uniform, although I own sweatshirts in several colors. The watch cap was a gift from a farmer friend. My unshaven face is because I’m… Read more

  • Archiving Twitter

    I heard about the Library of Congress partnership with Twitter to archive all of Twitter, past, present and future since its launch in 2006. I hadn’t heard the project went bust with insufficient funding in 2017. Too many tweets, one presumes. Should we care? We should, but not because there is profound knowledge on Twitter.… Read more