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During World War II my family of six lived in three rooms over a tavern across the street from the old Center Street Library. My mom was happy when I spent an hour or two there. It thinned the crowd.
Our librarian was a small woman who, for some reason, took an interest in me. (Give me a minute and I'll come up with her name. It starts with 'H.') When I got old enough to be an aide, I took it, but I failed the Dewey Decimal System test. Embarrassed? Well, yeah ... But my librarian loved me anyway. She never said a word.
I always make friends with my library's librarians. I've known quite a few. I will sit at his desk and yack or stand in the stacks and yack. (Don't tell the boss librarian).
My librarians and I talk philosophy, family, weather, but mostly books. One librarian told me he likes works comprised of complex sentences. We used to talk Strunk and White.
I like biographies that tell the tales of people who have transcended lousy childhoods. Oddly, I recommend more books to my librarians than the other way around. I don't recall any librarian who actually took my recommendation even though they took pains to write the title down. It might be the lousy childhood thing. But then who am I to say.
So many books. So little time.
