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Poem recently written for retiring ILS staff

Poem recently written for retiring ILS staff

Librarians and Leisure   How do librarians spend their timewhen their working days are though?How will they fill those long empty days…what activities will they pursue? Do they catalog their pantries,do they alphabetize the soup,and make labels for the kitchen shelvesand arrange vegetables into groups? Or perhaps it’s to the closets,their attention they might turn…and transform their wardrobe chaosusing skills they long ago learned. No shirt will be uncatalogued,No dress shall lack a space,their undies, socks and ties will all,have…

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Sheryl Will Be Missed

Sheryl Will Be Missed

Sheryl, a long time employee with Washington State Library and the Twin Rivers Unit of the Monroe Correctional Complex is retiring. She will be leaving the the library after 15 years and 5 months with the inmates at Twin Rivers. Sheryl is a woman of amazing energy that has been put to use running the Twin Rivers library and teaching the inmates part time in the education department. Where she gets the energy I will never know.  Her dedication to her work is amazing and…

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