It’s actually raining out so I thought I’d go sit out on my back porch and enjoy the sound and the resulting cool-off. I’m just sitting there reading my book when I look over to my left and there, about six feet away from me, is the biggest damn raccoon I’ve ever seen poking around my back yard. This think must have weighed a good 20 pounds! I am not kidding. If only I had my camera with me. I just sat there and watched it poke through my hedges, nervous to get out of my chair. (Reading a Stephen King book wasn’t helping my imagination at the time…) Anyway, I finally made a move and caught it’s attention. I stared at me for a moment and then went about its business. I started to get up and it ran off. I figured it was time to go back into the house. I looked out my back window for about 15 minutes to see if it came back but it hasn’t.
Maybe, If my karma is really good, it’ll eat the neighborhood cat that I believe is living under my house…
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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