Dear Reader, Several years ago, my local library stopped collecting overdue fines. This was good for me, but a loss of income for them. From me, specifically. It's not that I never bring my books back..... it's just that I tend to bring them back after I get notified about the cost of book replacement. And then consider the library fines a donation to a good cause. Anyway, no more library overdue fines in this town. And no caps on how many books you can borrow either. So, I borrowed all the books on the US. National Parks that I could find. Ok. Maybe not all. But enough so that the librarian who scanned my card asked "Are you planning a trip?" I even borrowed the book with the National Park cross stitch patterns, which is very clever but also has very little value for trip planning. But, Yes, Madame Librarian! I *am* planning a trip! I have invited myself along on my parents' cross-country trek to see the presidents and the mountains and the buffalos a
2021 and I'm still trying to remember which box I packed my sense of adventure in. Weaving and baking and walking the dogs until I can find it.