It was coming close to the end of the school year, and my daughter Grace was feeling overwhelmed with the amount of work she had to do. She was getting ready for school one morning, and she had a bit of a breakdown. "Daddy, it's just too much. I have so much homework, and now I have two projects that I need to do too. I just can't get it all done," she comp...
Sweetheart, I had an hour to kill today and thought I'd go to the library and spend it there. They have new DVD's out; I picked up a couple you'll enjoy. You know those bloody, gut-spewing action films you like. Don't worry. I picked up a couple for me too, chic flicks. Once I had my movies I sat down with a magazine. Cosmo, you know it well. I leave it...
Brandon Clark is the name, and I'm a young black man living in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. My parents Jeffrey and Raquel Clark moved to Manitoba from the island of Jamaica in the late 1980s, and I was actually born in this beautiful land. A lot of people have been talking about race in the province of Manitoba lately, and they mostly weigh on the conflic...
He stood there by the brick wall, a book splayed open as he stared down at the pages. I couldn't help but notice the length of his fingers as he scanned the words one by one, and his tongue as he licked the very tips to turn the page. Silly me, having these glimpses in the library. Silly me for having decided that I must get a closer look. As I trailed arou...
I knew Bridie in school. I would see her all time in the library for our spare period. We were both 18, the age of hormones. We would be alone for our spare, but we didn't usually talk very much. She was kind of shy, and so was I to tell the truth. She was not exactly beautiful, more like pretty. But she was definitely something to arouse desire, alone in th...
The last few days had been very busy for Sara, trying to balance both college and her job working at the local library. She never really had much time for anything else even dating. She didn't mind this much though because often nights after closing up and making sure the doors were locked in the library she would bury herself with one of the numerous books...
Another late night spent in the library. Finally peeling his head away from the books, John looks at the time only to see that it’s a little past midnight. Deciding that enoug time has been spent reading, he stands, packs his books and proceeds to head towards his car. *Ring* Pulling his phone out of his pocket, he sees an incoming call from his beloved girl...
Ugh. I am so not motivated, but this research paper is not going to write itself. I grab my laptop and head to the library. Thankfully it is open twenty four hours, since I, of course, waited until midnight to start the essay. The library is fairly quiet and I make my way up to the stacks on the balcony. Not only are the psych books up here, but I also lov...
It was our senior year at St. Anselmo High School. My boyfriend, John, and I asked to work in the library after school for extra credit. We would be able to graduate in January instead of June with the extra credit. Since we were both 18 we were anxious to begin our "life after high school" experiences. The library was always empty on Fridays, so I decided t...
It was 'that' time of the year again, annual inspection of our rented property, I had been through hundreds of these inspections, no, you've got me all wrong; I've not lived in the rented house for hundreds of years. My husband's family own a shitload of properties, ours included, I had been out with James on holiday many times and had been around properties...