Why I've been absent

I'm regretfully very tardy about adding a new posting. I've spend most of the week, plus many hours in the weeks before, working on a grant for CCPL. It's a National Endowment for the Arts grant called The Big Read. If you're not familiar with the grant, it's a one book, one community project with the big bonus of giving us money to implement it. Many of us have wanted to do a project like this, but it's a little daunting. This grant give us, aside from the money, a list of book titles to choose from, eliminating the complex process of trying to pick a title for the entire community, and a push to go forward. From that list, our CCPL committee has selected Their Eyes Were Watching God. I'm truly excited about the possibilities and we have an impressive number of groups and community agencies who have agreed to work with us to make this a significant event for Charleston. The program is slated for September--Oct 14, 2007.

The grant is due April 12th, so Monday I'll be at the computer and the copier, running copies. We will hear by the end of May if we've been awarded the grant. You'll most certainly be hearing much more about this if we are selected.

After this I should be able to breathe again, check my Bloglines account, and get geared up for Michael Stephen's upcoming visit.