tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799342158146065158.post6782447041220392575..comments2023-10-24T00:52:58.567-07:00Comments on still the flowers grow: Picture fatigueRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12885423447908472175noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799342158146065158.post-57517284551858246882010-12-01T07:14:01.035-08:002010-12-01T07:14:01.035-08:00Librarians (and likely your father) ARE leaders of...Librarians (and likely your father) ARE leaders of society! What would our society look like without libraries? It's amazing how infallible and super-human adults seem when you're a kid, isn't it? <br />Ruth, one of my favorite memories is of your dad offering to let me attempt to persuade him into allowing us to do something that he'd already been disinclined to allow us to do. It was the first time an adult treated me with respect, and I felt so incredibly validated. I think it's important to nurture an honest and respectful relationship with children, and to avoid belittling or dismissing them, and I think the library card is lovely and appropriate. I think it demonstrates a parent/child relationship that I am also striving for... as usual, you're one of my favorite mothering role models! :)<br />And the pic of Joseph snuggling with the cat? My favorite!!!JGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900842731878865757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799342158146065158.post-39877406930244965732010-11-28T05:31:30.177-08:002010-11-28T05:31:30.177-08:00Why library card with a question mark? Love the s...Why library card with a question mark? Love the story of you and grandpop!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12885423447908472175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799342158146065158.post-52976898696447947572010-11-28T05:04:35.100-08:002010-11-28T05:04:35.100-08:00Library card? Very nice. I can remember my father...Library card? Very nice. I can remember my father--like you, Ruth, a loyal user of local endeavors--taking me into the huge Philadelphia Free Library (started by Ben. Franklin and all made in about 1920, of marble and granite, and large as high school buildings, maybe several put together) and showing me around. He knew a librarian there, and introduced me and I never forgot this, I had the impression that both he and the librarian--to be so in charge and knowledgeable-- were leaders of society.<br /><br />RBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com