Start spreading the news! I’m leaving today! I’m going “home” to work at the Alabama City branch of the library.

Going to Heaven! ...
The smallest “robe” will fit me,
And just a bit of “crown”; For you know we do not mind our dress
When we are going home ...
— Emily Dickinson

Start spreading the news! I’m leaving today! I’m going “home” to work at the Alabama City branch of the library. Last Friday, delightful friends dropped in — Glenda Boozer, Lonnie and Eleanor Cheives and their granddaughter, Sherry West, Peggy Childs and Trent and Ryley Gregory, Hilary Blackwood! Well, maybe they were coming to the library anyway, but I was there. Faithful readers know what a delightful turn of events this move exhibits. It was in the western corners of this charming old building that I spent many happy childhood hours browsing for vicarious adventure. It was from those special librarians that I learned to read for fun. It is no coincidence that I return to Alabama City Library. It is an answer to a childish prayer, the fulfillment of a sweet dream.

POTPOURRI
Halloween on the weekend is always a mix-up. Absolutely no one came by to trick-or-treat on our street. But, the goblins were out — Buzz Lightyear looked a lot like Mason Lipscomb. That Little Red Riding Hood was Hilary Blackwood and the ghoul beside her was husband, Jacob! Venus, the goddess of love, looked a lot like Alexis Nauer.
Happy birthday this week to Santana McKinney, Evelyn Peel, Gina Dial, Elaine Hefner, Jo Anna Capes, Dave Hardin, Rita Toney, Crystal Wiggonton, Sammye Heald, April Lanci, Johnny Ezekiel, Joey Nichols, Mandy Mealer, Craig Reynolds, Tom Ward, Lisa Ware and Amanda Jackson.
Lee Walden is now officially a lawyer — he passed the bar and looked so handsome on his special day. I still think of him as a cute little boy who liked to ride on our pontoon boat many summers ago. Good job, Lee.
Saturday, the Gadsden Service Guild will hold its annual rummage sale at Convention Hall. The line forms at sunrise!
Last week was my birthday and as always, I thought about dear Nettie Strickland. She and my mother were best friends and Nettie remembers the day I was born at No. 9 Comnock Street in Alabama City on Oct. 17, 1943. Love to you, and thanks for always being near. In the same vein, Katherine Logan Brown e-mailed that in a recent Facebook picture, I looked “just like (my) mother.” Thank you, Katherine. You made my day.
Nicole Papa brought our mutual friend and area thespian, Scott Croley, by the library to say “hello.” Scott and I were in two plays together. He was my murderous little brother in Theater of Gadsden’s “The Mousetrap” and my “stick-in-the-mud” son-in-law in “Barefoot in the Park.” He most recently portrayed “Hawkeye” Pierce in a production of M*A*S*H.
Christie Craig’s new book, “Born at Midnight,” will be in stores by spring. It’s a young adult novel about vampires, shape shifters and other macabre creatures. Sounds like a perfect Halloween read.
Stay warm, see you, ’round town.

E-mail glendabyars@comcast.net.
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