The Clerk Manifesto

  On a recent night here at my library everyone of my five co-workers was either off for surgery recovery or simply called in sick in a trag...

  Sometimes, in the course of thousands upon thousands of consecutive daily blog posts I am suddenly seized with a temptation to phone one i...

  The man on the phone at the library wants to renew his three books. After I wait for him to get his card, and after I tell him that yes, h...

  Not much Spring around here in Saint Minneapolis.  It may be happening even as I speak, but it is moving by so fast that it's hard to ...

  Many people wonder why the appearance of cute squirrels in clerkmanifesto is so vanishingly rare. One reader even wrote in recently to ask...

  My thoughts are much in Europe these days.  What are they doing in Europe?  Travelling! I hope they're having a good time. So even tho...

  With all affection and thanks to C. Schulz.

  We interrupt this program because the sun came out. And I went walking, picking my way through the mud, looking for the sun. I cannot very...