Bla bla bla the journey really is the destination. This was a photo I took at the Loussac Library in Anchorage Alaska. Often when I go places, I’m fidgety and sort of keeping an eye on the clock and my agenda and where else I have to be when. I’m good at getting places when I need to be, but sometimes less good at the Be Here Now aspect of the whole thing.
I finished up my Alaska trip and checked out of the hotel I was staying at around 1 pm and then had almost twelve hours to kill before my red-eye flight. I was pleasantly surprised that the library was open on a Sunday and got a ride over there and just hung out before taking the bus back to the hotel to use the free wifi for a few hours before eating and going to the airport for the long bumbada bumbada trip home. The library wasn’t too full, the heaters made a pleasant sound, the view was amazing, the wifi worked. It was one of the most peaceful parts of a long and interesting but rarely restful set of weeks.
I head to SXSW tomorrow. If you see me, please say hello.
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Jessamyn, I did the Alaska Library Conference last year at Kodiak Island. We got snowed in on this little island and had a great time. I found the AK librarians to be a very interesting blend of people from all over. Their enthusiasm for libraries seems to be second to none. What were your impressions?
> the heaters made a pleasant sound
the sound of benign machines at work - one of my favorite forms of ambient music
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