Seattle Public Library System shut down for a week

Seattle libraries are closed Monday and won't reopen until Sept. 8. Locking the doors and sending the librarians home for eight days will save more than $650,000.

Meanwhile, the city of Seattle expects to save up to $20 million next year by having most city workers take off 10 unpaid furlough days.

A coalition of 14 city employee unions approved the plan last week that covers nearly 6,400 workers. Uniformed police and firefighters are not part of the furlough plan.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_seattle_cuts.html?source=mypi

For some reason I thought I'd get one extra week of reading. No.
I do treasure the fact that our family makes library time a regular part of our schedule. Jazz/funk/ambient/chill CDs, Pokemon/Electric Company DVDs, books on geography, and my 'whichever way the wind blows' tastes, which right now are on exercise and spirituality.

So I have one week with the boy with no library time. I wish he'd chosen some meatier chapter books, but apparently the best way to encourage boys to read is to let them pick out what they want. My kid reads beyond his grade, but he likes Garfield comics. So he takes out Garfield comics. He also likes poetry. Guess we'll clean up the garage. After I finish my novel.