The Squirrels Gymboree

I'm sitting here at my computer and I'm supposed to be writing my term paper on Academic Library 2.0 but it is, um, not going as I would like it to. I'm taking notes on articles I've already read two or three times. I'm finding additional blogs and other online sources of new-to-me Library 2.0 information. Then I remember I have stack of books I populated with stickies and I think one of them said something important. Where was that? And it easily leads to me feeling very overwhelmed. Directly behind my computer are three good-sized windows. In the backyard that they look out upon, there is a large old dead walnut tree. In it is a dilapidated base of treehouse with a sign hanging from it that says, "Elizabeth's Treehouse." I don't think it has been played in for over two decades. Except perhaps by a few special little guests: the squirrels. As I sit here, pondering the purpose of my paper, there are four squirrels scrambling through the tree's dry leafless branches and chasing each other. If you are frustrated with an unproductive writing session, then this can be quite amusing to watch. Maybe one of these days, I'll give you a play by play using the video camera on this computer.