It's over!

Well, we have come to the end of the 23Things!   I must say I have enjoyed most of it with only a few frustrating moments.  Now when I hear people talking about "tweets" or "hashtags" I won't feel as so out of date.
I especially enjoyed using "Wordle" which I had no idea existed and aslo the TED talks - a ton of interesting things there ion any subject imagineable.  I think I might actually continue to use twitter and the blog.  At the beginning of this project, I thought maybe I was too old to learn all these new "tricks", but I have discovered it's never too late to learn more about technology.  A lot of "seniors" who come to the library confess a sort of "fear" of computers, the internet, etc., but I can now tell them it's an adventure that can be a lot of fun.  Bring it on!

A really great read - "Calling Me Home" by Julie Kibler. Dorrie, a black single mom who owns her own hair salon, is asked by Isabelle (one of her elderly customers) to drop everything and drive her form her home in Texas to a funeral near ...Cincinati. As they drive, Isabelle confesses her longest kept secret - as a willful teen in 1930s Kentucky, she fell deeply in love with Robert Prewitt, the son of her family's black housekeeper. As we hear her story, we also are witness to the social conditions in the South at that time - a beautiful and poignant story, well written and unforgettable.

 

 

I have been "scooping and tweeting" all morning - I'm actually quite tired!!  Seriously, I have discovered that you can find information on just about anything out there in the "wired" world.  Lots of interesting topics, and some surprising ones too!