Wow! It's been a busy year. Who would have guess that less than a year after my last post (9-09), budget "constraints" would eliminate 80 people from MCPL's staff. The Hearings, the demonstrations, the fears and the tears. Oh, my gosh! The retirement parties! Good-bye to Susie and her van. Good-bye to Robyn Holloway and Mark Gochnour. Good-bye to Ana-Rita and Betty Valdes! Good-bye to Padma Tangirala and Demeke Seyoum. And, alas, good-bye to the African American Book Discussion Group of Rockville Library (AABDGRL) as we know it. All this in nine months. Imagine!