When I got back from my storytelling tour towards the end of July, I signed up for the adult summer reading program at the Muehl Public Library here in Seymour. I do this every summer, but this time, I was about six weeks late in starting. I had to read six books centered around travel but in six different categories. It was easy though, because I read the books at Laura and Lost Lakes beside campfires.
The day I drove back from our campground at Lost Lake, I was able to stop at the library with my sixth book. It was August 31st, the last day of the program. I just squeaked in with my list.
Today, I picked up my prize for completing my books, a little notebook. It fits in my purse, so I could use it for scribbling down ideas and reminders. However, the cover is a design of stamps and stickers from foreign countries. Perhaps I should save it for my next tour.
Notebooks are wonderful in so many ways. I have them for journaling, listing, ideas, camping notes, all kinds of things. There are stacks of filled journals in my closet so this was a perfect prize for this writer.
It was not the "major prize" from Jean Shepherd's "A Christmas Story" which is a relief since that was a plastic leg topped with a lampshade...and there is one of those on our head librarian's desk.
You never know what a major prize is going to be.
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