Loose Ends: Lessons from library

It is a good thing that the small-town library of my youth didn’t turn over their regular overdue book offenders list to the local constabulary. I used the library daily, often losing track of the materials checked out in my name. All of my siblings were notorious for overdue library books and every so often one of us would end up scraping together the money (from babysitting or mowing lawns) to pay for a replacement…