Between 2010 and 2019, Cauli Le Chat (2006?-2020), feline roving reporter for Mooresville Public Library (Mooresville, Indiana), reported all things interesting to cats (and humans) happening at the library. Related stories from across the state (and beyond) were also included.
Why was I not included in my Library's new promo trailer? Something smells about that, and it's not the good kind of fragrance, like canned tuna-in-oil.
I can guess who's responsible for this glaring omission. Boy, is he in the slobberdog house now! Guess whose desk will be needing clearing by day's end. Leaving moi out of the video is grounds for immediate firement, as my pal Tober the Thorntown (Indiana) Library Cat says.
So, Scowl-Face. If you're reading this, you're toast. Pack your duds and vacate the Indiana Roving Reporter Room. You have until 5 p.m. to clear out. Then the wild slobberdog pack will be on your tail.
Leave Any Treats in the Desk,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Library Centennial News Beat
P.S. Speaking of wild slobberdogs, here's my Library's book trailer for Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O'Dell. This video will soon top 30,000 viewings. Sweet.
MPL's revised, improved, and updated website will be launching pretty soon now, I'd venture. It says so on our Home Page.
Click to Bigify
What will the new website look like? We have a display poster for that.
Click to Bigify
Pretty cool! It will look even cooler (more cool?) when the website goes live in a few weeks. I'd tell you the exact date, but I'm a feline of mystery. Just keep visiting our website at the usual place, and you'll be the first to know when the big change comes.
Change Is Good,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Website News Beat
P.S. Am I keeping you in anticipation about our website? That's a segue to "Anticipation," by Carly Simon, from her album by the same name (1971).
There have been many theories about what causes mental illness. One forgotten treatment, which most practitioners today would summarily dismiss, was effectively used by psychiatrist Carl A. Wickland, M.D., during more than three decades of psychiatric practice in Chicago and Los Angeles. When patients were unresponsive to conventional care, Dr. Wickland considered an external source to their insanity and psychoses. His paranormal classic, Thirty Years Among the Dead, first published in 1924, provides ample documentation of his successful treatment of mentally disturbed persons using electrostatic shock to dislodge disembodied, earth-bound spirits who were obsessing these patients. Once the haunting entities were removed, patients recovered quickly and completely. After receiving the shock treatment, the spirits would temporarily possess the body of Dr. Wickland's wife, Anna, who was a psychic medium. Dr. Wickland would then communicate with the entities (one-at-a-time) to persuade them to leave the patients alone and move onto higher spiritual pursuits.
Sound crazy? Dr. Wickland (1861-1945) was a physician specializing in psychiatry and spent over 30 years successfully treating mentally ill patients through these techniques. Regardless of whether or not one believes in spirits, or whether one posits multiple personalities as the psychological root of these mental infirmities, Dr. Wickland's treatments were effective cures, according to his reports. His case studies make fascinating reading for anyone interested in the paranormal and psychology.
I'd Rather Be Obsessed by Canned Tuna-in-Oil Spirits,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Readers' Advisory News Beat
P.S. I found an interesting interpretation of the lyrics to "Hotel California," by the Eagles, which suggests the predicament of disembodied, earth-bound spirits discussed in Dr. Wickland's book. Frankly, I'd never thought about the song this way before. The song was first released on the album by the same title (1977).
Browser graciously shares his breakfast with Flat Five
Meanwhile, "Flat" Browser has been traveling to California to soak up the sun. (Or is that real live Browser? Photos make things look two-dimensional sometimes.) California is one big sun patch, I'd venture. Plenty of sunshine for a feline to lounge around in. (That's probably ungrammatical, but it is nonetheless true.) Read all about his exciting trip in Browser's blog.
I'm looking forward to Flat Five's reports about her adventures at Pine River. It is so cool to travel to such distant places! Minnesota is on the other side of the world, isn't it? When you weigh about 10 pounds and stand under 18 inches from the floor, geography seems more spread out than it does to people.
Of course I know where Minnesota is. I can read maps. I was taught as a kitten when I hung out with the local Boy Scout troop.
Put Flat Five To Work While She's There, Browser,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Flat Feline Library World Tour News Beat
P.S. Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in Duluth and grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota. He has written so many great folk songs (as Bob Dylan); I hardly know which one to choose as my musical closer. I'll go with my favorite: "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (1963), which was unreleased until Dylan's compilation box set Biograph (1985). Sadly, I can't find a music video of Dylan performing the tune, so we'll move along to . . .
P.P.S. I first heard Dylan's song as covered by the Byrds on the album Turn! Turn! Turn! (1965). Was it the Byrds' folk-rock interpretations of Dylan's songs that prompted the master to turn electric? I'll never tell.
Business Spotlight of the Month (and other library awards)
on display during the MPL Centennial Celebration
As chamber director Dave Nash stated in theMooresville-Decatur Times (Saturday, May 19, 2012), "The Mooresville Public Library is a valuable community resource which strives to offer traditional library material, as well as programs and technology that help create and support lifelong learning. We as a community are lucky to have a Library such as this, and we are proud to announce Diane Huerkamp as our Business Spotlight of the month. MPL is just one of the places where people can volunteer and spend time with their families and classmates."
Congratulations, Boss Lady! You make us all proud to work and volunteer at MPL.
Wonder If I'll Win Any Awards? Just Asking,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Roving Reporter
Library Awards News Beat
P.S. Since one of Boss Lady's favorite bands is Chicago, we'll close with "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," from the LP Chicago VI (1973). The song title reflects the Library's invigorating, revitalizing atmosphere.
