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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://4rochester.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title type="html">Cathy the Librarian</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/atom.aspx</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/default.aspx" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/atom.aspx" /><generator uri="http://communityserver.org" version="3.1.20917.1142">Community Server</generator><updated>2008-07-05T21:49:54Z</updated><entry><title>New Year’s blabitty blahs.</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/12/31/new-year-s-blabitty-blahs.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/12/31/new-year-s-blabitty-blahs.aspx</id><published>2009-01-01T02:27:33Z</published><updated>2009-01-01T02:27:33Z</updated><content type="html">My sister made me post some new year&amp;#8217;s resolutions and I really have been planning on posting on my blog at some point these last FOUR MONTHS. Yee gads. Has it been that long? Sam and I were IMing back and forth on Facebook and she made me come Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/12/31/new-year-s-blabitty-blahs.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2964" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="General Chatter" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/General+Chatter/default.aspx" /><category term="Thoughts for the day" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Thoughts+for+the+day/default.aspx" /><category term="new years resolutions" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/new+years+resolutions/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Sensation #3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/23/sensation-3.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/23/sensation-3.aspx</id><published>2008-08-23T23:59:46Z</published><updated>2008-08-23T23:59:46Z</updated><content type="html">The absolute cold sweat of fear and dread you get when you find out that the reason your three year old son is soaking wet is because he fell into a pool while you were watching other people&amp;#8217;s children (not that it makes a difference, but I think Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/23/sensation-3.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2740" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Motherhood" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Motherhood/default.aspx" /><category term="Friends and Family" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Friends+and+Family/default.aspx" /><category term="Sensations" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Sensations/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Sensation #2</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/20/sensation-2.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/20/sensation-2.aspx</id><published>2008-08-20T23:23:59Z</published><updated>2008-08-20T23:23:59Z</updated><content type="html">Having acute pain and being able to do nothing about it. Being unable to get comfortable no matter what position you try to sit or lie in. Trying to breathe through the pain only to bring up all that steak you ate for lunch.
Then you rush to the hospital Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/20/sensation-2.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2739" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Health, or not so healthy" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Health_2C00_+or+not+so+healthy/default.aspx" /><category term="Sensations" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Sensations/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>Sensation #1</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/sensation-1.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/sensation-1.aspx</id><published>2008-08-18T03:26:14Z</published><updated>2008-08-18T03:26:14Z</updated><content type="html">Icy hands or ice cubes on your back when you&amp;#8217;ve got a horrible sun burn, your skin burns to the touch and you can&amp;#8217;t bear to have anything touch it. Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/sensation-1.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2528" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Sensations" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Sensations/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>yup yup yup</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/yup-yup-yup.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/yup-yup-yup.aspx</id><published>2008-08-18T03:20:15Z</published><updated>2008-08-18T03:20:15Z</updated><content type="html">I&amp;#8217;ve lost track of how long its been. Again. This summer has just gone by so quickly. I&amp;#8217;ve been so busy and by the time I get to post on the blog I&amp;#8217;m EXHAUSTED! &amp;#8230; well and I need time for Facebook. I was reading my sister&amp;#8217;s Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/08/17/yup-yup-yup.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2529" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Crafty stuff" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Crafty+stuff/default.aspx" /><category term="General shenanigans" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/General+shenanigans/default.aspx" /><category term="Friends and Family" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Friends+and+Family/default.aspx" /><category term="vacations" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/vacations/default.aspx" /><category term="crafts" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/crafts/default.aspx" /><category term="work" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/work/default.aspx" /><category term="sisters" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/sisters/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>scary scary… or in otherwords, I’m getting OLD!</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/15/scary-scary-or-in-otherwords-i-m-getting-old.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/15/scary-scary-or-in-otherwords-i-m-getting-old.aspx</id><published>2008-07-16T03:40:05Z</published><updated>2008-07-16T03:40:05Z</updated><content type="html">While in college I was working at a public library in the city. In that public library in the city there was a lady working there&amp;#8230; okay so there were quite a few ladies working there, but bear with me. That lady had two kids. One was a girl who Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/15/scary-scary-or-in-otherwords-i-m-getting-old.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2361" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="General Chatter" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/General+Chatter/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>still here part duex</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/still-here-part-duex.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/still-here-part-duex.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T02:32:07Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T02:32:07Z</updated><content type="html">Here I am again to warn you&amp;#8230; POETRY ALERT!!
After typing down these poems, I realized that this is often how I write poetry. I try not to think about them too much, but I blast them out as quickly as possible, which is why, as you&amp;#8217;ll find Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/still-here-part-duex.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2320" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Motherhood" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Motherhood/default.aspx" /><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/24/08 11:40 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-40-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-40-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T02:16:22Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T02:16:22Z</updated><content type="html">sometimes I feel
so beat down
so hollowed out
I no longer feel real
a rag down
with the stuffing removed
a book with the pages torn out
an empty ripped up bag
*
I feel sometimes
like no one understands
I am alone and stranded
in a dark and treacherous Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-40-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2321" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/24/08 11:36 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-36-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-36-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T02:04:59Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T02:04:59Z</updated><content type="html">some moments
I just feel
so old
so used up
so tired
and it makes me wonder
why
why do people do this
day after day after day
and then
I look in his deep brown eyes
my eyes
and I hear his laughter
and I see his crooked smile
so pure
so innocent
and I begin Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-24-08-11-36-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2310" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 11:00 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-11-00-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-11-00-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T02:01:49Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T02:01:49Z</updated><content type="html">who am I
to expect any more
when I desire the world
and I am handed
a small crumpled piece of paper
and empty promises
where can I go
to open my wings
to open my mind
and let myself soar Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-11-00-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2311" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 10:45 pm and 10:53 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-45-pm-and-10-53-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-45-pm-and-10-53-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T02:00:05Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T02:00:05Z</updated><content type="html">These poems were really too awful to post, but I thought I should let you know that I wrote them. Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-45-pm-and-10-53-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2312" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 10:36 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-36-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-36-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T01:58:21Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T01:58:21Z</updated><content type="html">wake up
wake up
WAKE UP!
was it all a nightmare
you&amp;#8217;re still not here with me
and I can feel the emptiness
a tight hard ache in my chest
can this be removed and
tossed away?
why can&amp;#8217;t I just forget
I was frightened too
even though you&amp;#8217;ll Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-36-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2313" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 10:29 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-29-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-29-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T01:55:24Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T01:55:24Z</updated><content type="html">who were you to be
would you give good kisses
warm hugs
and laugh as bright
as the sun
would you find every moment
just as precious as I do
even when I must spend it
without you
would you cry
when mommy has to leave
or would you forget
as soon as the Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-29-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2314" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 10:23 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-23-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-23-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T01:52:26Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T01:52:26Z</updated><content type="html">why are there no answers
only questions
left unfulfilled
such pressure
I am buzzing with it
immense
unfathomable
I know I will never
ever
break from its grip
I am trapped
with no where to go
no going forward
no going back
and definitely no standing
still Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-23-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2315" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry><entry><title>06/23/08 10:15 pm</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-15-pm.aspx" /><id>http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-15-pm.aspx</id><published>2008-07-06T01:49:54Z</published><updated>2008-07-06T01:49:54Z</updated><content type="html">a light breeze
brushes away the hairs
tickling my face
tenderness
I need so much right now
so slightly
I smell lilacs
before they are gone
I feel anger
building
bubbling
frothing in me
waiting for me to
burst at the seams
but its not proper
to scream Read More......(&lt;a href="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/2008/07/05/06-23-08-10-15-pm.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://4rochester.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2316" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://4rochester.com/members/Anonymous.aspx</uri></author><category term="Personal Writings" scheme="http://4rochester.com/blogs/cathy_the_librarian/archive/tags/Personal+Writings/default.aspx" /></entry></feed>