Fridays

It feels as though this has been a long week, and to crown it I have taken the plunge and started a blog. This may be the only entry, as I am bad enough at loooking at personal e-mails, but hey, it's got to be worth a try.

As a law librarian, I often ponder the weirdness of legal publishers, but nothing can convince me that the law is updated once a quarter. I ponder it more at the end of each quarter, when I am inundated with them. I must have had about 20 in the last three days. Why, then, do updates for looseleaf works (big folders with pages you can take out and put in to update, to the uninitiated) always come out at the end of a financial quarter? Could it be to give the publishers a regular income - sharp intake of breath - or is that just me being cynical? Surely not??

The season of mists (if not mellow fruitfulness - I do like a bit of Keats) is upon us up here in Scotland, so tidying the garden at the weekend may not be an option, darn it. I need a machete to get to the shed. I will have to reorganise the bonsai for their winter quarters though, whether it is wet or dry, so that the more tender amongst them are protected from the frost. Bonsai are an easy way of keeping in touch with the seasons, as you have to plan ahead if you live in a temperate climate.
It's nearly the weekend - hurray!