The Fact That Dogs Are

To My Great Surprise, Twitter Is Not Housed In A Silver Pod That Orbits Earth At Supersonic Speeds, Vacuuming Up And Then Dispersing Digital Bits Of Worldwide Chitchat; It's In A Big, Bland Office Building In Downtown San Francisco, Near A Bowling Alley And An Old Navy.

Sometimes I'm Dazzled By How Modern And Fabulous We Are, And How Easy Everything Can Be For Us; That's The Gilded Glow Of Technology, And I Marvel At It All The Time.

Libraries Are What Is Best About Us As A Society: Open, Exciting, Rich, Informative, Free, Inclusive, Engaging.

I Work At Home, In The Country, And Days Will Go By When, Except For My Husband And Son And The Occasional Ups Man, The Only Sentient Creatures That See Me Are My Chickens And Turkeys.

I Teach A Non-fiction Writing Class At New York University, And One Of My Great Pleasures Is Deciding On The Syllabus.