Saturday, June 25, 2011

I Annalium 1:1 (or "Froggy's first post")

I work in a library, surrounded by written material--some in languages other than English. I've studied French, and currently studying Spanish and Italian. I've learned that the study of Latin seems to be the jumping off point for most languages, hence the Latin title.

Somehow, a frog got into my apartment a few years ago, and by making the mistake of telling my co-workers about it, people now bring me frog stuff, hence, the reclining, reading amphibian. He was found resting on our library book drop one morning--go figure! Then, of course, there are Jonathan London's "Froggy" series kids books (Froggy, who seems to have a more active social life than I do at times!!), which are amusing coffee break books -- save Froggy's noxious penchant for noshing bowls of flies!

A library frog blog? Well, why not? "Froggy" has all the earmarks of being a professional -- he's so well-rounded! -- and he does need to develop his talents (he's spread a little thin, with all his activities!), so as he reclines and reads, suppose we help fine-tune his list, and help him acquire some new, useable skills.