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.
All donations go to United Way of Central Indiana. It's one penny, one vote toward your favorite among our Library staff. Well, except moi--once again, I have no jar--but I'm down with that. Cats hate wearing costumes.
Your Roving Reporter On The Go,
Cauli Le Chat
P.S. Speaking of super librarians, here's our book trailer featuring This Book is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All, by Marilyn Johnson. The book is available in our Evergreen Indiana online catalog.
It's not everyday that a world-famous author has tea at my Library. If you sign-up for our program (October 8, 2013, from 10 a.m. to noon), you, too, will join Tess Gerritsen, bestselling author of the popular Rizzoli & Isles suspense series.
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To promote our upcoming program, St. Francis Health of Mooresville loaned several really cool, authentic medical apparatuses (or apparatus--both plurals are grammatical, says Merriam-Webster), including an antique gurney (ca. 1920s), triage dividing curtain (styled ca. 1940s, although the fabric is a more modern synthetic, and the framing aluminum), skeleton (ca. 1960s), a see-through hand (ca. 1980s), and some other replicas of bones (your guess is as good as mine).
Medical Apparatus (Courtesy of St. Francis Health of Mooresville)
Antique Gurney (ca. 1920s)
The gurney originally came from Comer Sanitarium (1917-1962), which was located on South Indiana Street near downtown Mooresville. Previously, it had been known as Mooresville Sanitarium. The term sanitarium was replaced by hospital in 1948, and the medical facility became Kendrick Hospital (1962-1971), which became part of the St. Francis Health system about 14 years ago.
Mooresville Sanitarium (ca. 1909)
Comer Sanitarium (late 1940s, but before the name change in 1948)
Kendrick Hospital (1960s)
I'm not sure how old the skeleton is. It looks like standard medical school issue from the 1960s.
"Hey--Gimme a Sandwich, Already!"
Boss Lady, Programma Mama, and the Decorinator added finishing touches by displaying many of Tess Gerritsen's bestselling novels, some copies of which are for sale, courtesy of our Friends of the Library (FOL) book sale room.
If you come to only one program at the Library this year, you should definitely make this your choice. Register online, or call (317) 831-7323. Don't dawdle! Our community room only holds so many people (200 total; 100 with tables and chairs), and this program will fill fast.
Our former library director, "Bone-ita" Marley, would have truly enjoyed this program. Probably not that awful pun, however.
Could you get that graphic any smaller, Scowl-Face? For crying out loud!
Our All-Time Top Ten Videos
Thanks to everybody who has been watching our videos. We hope you have enjoyed them and that they may have been useful in selecting interesting reading, programs, or other library services.
Your Roving Reporter On The Go,
Cauli Le Chat
MPL Book Trailer #121
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E. B. White
P.S. To celebrate our reaching 350 K, I just chose this book trailer at random. The book is available in our Evergreen Indiana online catalog.
Recently I visited Buffalo Gal and Drawer Dude in Amarillo, Texas, at the Cadillac Ranch. Since 1997 this public art sculpture exhibition has been located along Interstate 40 a few miles west of Amarillo, but when originally created in 1974, it was situated a couple of miles east.
In 1974Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels, members of Ant Farm, a San Francisco art community, buried the front ends of Cadillac automobiles (model years 1949 to 1963) with their tails (and tail fins) sticking upwards. Want to see what it looked like 40 years ago, before the graffiti? As always, click the images to bigify.
People stopping to see the art formation added to the structures by leaving graffiti, but they detracted from them, too, by removing bits and pieces (including the tail fins) of the cars to keep as souvenirs. Today it looks like this.
Your Feline Roving Reporter Poses at Cadillac Ranch
(Photo by Drawer Dude & Buffalo Gal)
If you happen to visit Amarillo, be sure to stop by and take some photos. But leave the cars alone. Take only pictures, and leave only pawprints.
Your Roving Reporter On The Go,
Cauli Le Chat
P.S. In 1977, Neil Sedaka performed live "Is This the Way to Amarillo," which was released as a single (1977) from his album, A Song (1977). Tony Christie first released a cover of the song in 1971. Wait--if Christie released it first, then Sedaka subsequently covered his own composition (it was written by Sedaka and Howard Greenfield). This is getting confusing.
When Technigal attended the recent Gen Con convention in Indianapolis last month, she met many interesting and talented people. She's pretty talented herself, being a writer (well and truly) as well as a librarian, and she's no slouch in the interest department, either. Like attracts like, so it's no surprise that she hung out with clever dudes.
One such sharp fella she met at Gen Con was (still is, I'll venture) a sci-fi/fantasy/adventure author. If you haven't yet heard of Hugo V. Negron, trust moi, you soon will. Like, immediately, when you play our book trailer below.
MPL Book Trailer #176A
Forging of a Knight, by Hugo V. Negron
(Soundtrack Version One)
MPL Book Trailer #176B
Forging of a Knight, by Hugo V. Negron
(Soundtrack Version Two)
Sometimes, when Scowl-Face can't decide which of the Music Man's original compositions to use as a video soundtrack, he makes duplicate versions, each with different music. See which one you like best!
Of course, you should also watch the author's book trailer, if you want to see how the pros make these things.
If you enjoy fantasy adventure stories, then you'll love this novel. Knighthood. Quests. Lots of heroic excitement. Good versus evil. Suspense. Thrills. Moral ambiguity. Friendship. Trust. Betrayal. Bizarre creatures. Hand-to-hand combat. You know the drill. Mr. Negron sent Technigal a free copy of his novel (first in the series) for our library collection. Pretty generous! It's a solid collection development strategy, to be sure. Now our patrons may enjoy a fine novel without spending library tax revenues. Win-win, I'd wager.
Your Roving Reporter On The Go,
Cauli Le Chat
P.S. A live version of "Conquistador," by Procol Harum, appeared on the group's "Best of" LP (1972), but a studio version originally appeared on the self-titled debut album (1967). Knights and armor and all that jazz.
