My RSS Feeds

I thought this was interesting. I subscribed to NYT Book Reviews and there has not been a new feed in the last week. But there are a lot of bread and recipe sites that I like to check, so this will be a good experiment. I also subscribed to several particpants blogs.

Wolfe Garden and Alden

There is a beautiful garden in front of Alden Library. The low stone wall that surrounds the garden is in the shape of the Sate of Ohio. There is a large metal sculpture created by David L. Hostettler. The library is lucky to have another of his works, donated to us by the artist.

Technology Changes Microfilm Usage

Over the last ten years, I have watched as usage of microfilm has changed on the 1st floor of Alden. When I began work down here, summers were especially busy with folks doing genealogical research. Ohio University Life-Long Learning offered summer courses in researching family history. These days, almost all of that information is available on-line and full text. There are websites that provide historical newspapers, birth and death records and other related information. The State of Ohio has centralized many of these records here. The Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints provides the largest family research database free of charge. Census records are also available on line. So, now folks are creating their family tree in the comfort of their homes or home libraries, as it is easier, faster and cheaper.

Framed Art Photo

Using a 3rd party site, you can add a frame to any photograph, to showcase and highlight it. I love the "frosted frame" option at Framer.

Warholized in Chicago

Thom and I went to Chicago in late May. While sightseeing, he took my photograph in Millennium Park. The background was a field of salvia in differing shade of violet and purple.

Apprentice Chocolatier

It is a time honored tradition to train an apprentice to help create original art or even original chocolates. This is my grandadaughter Shannon, helping me make hand dipped chocolates. She had fun, and so did I.

3rd Party Flikr Mashups

I decided to use one of my husband's beautiful floral photograhs to make a trading card. Intersting how flexible the software is.