AguaPyro

Hello Providence! (or metropolis of the damp flame, the AguaPyro, as we are known to many (in fact this classical interpretation of our fair city’s moniker was given to me by a foreigner. One with the proper papers I think!) Having been away for a week, I am basking in the delight of my return to the state of the Red Chicken.  But of course, it hasn’t taken me long to rave and rant.

RAVING:  The magnificent Providence Public Library System will stay open at least another year, thanks to a GIFT from PPL to our Agua Pyro metropolis (At least we’re burning water, and not books YET!).  The Irrational Optimist gave a sigh of relief to learn that the system will continue this year, but she feels a RANT coming on:  that the PPL had to BRIBE our dear city to stay in biz! Indeed, many of us recognize that indeed public libraries are the Universities of the People providing free access to information and ideas (as opposed to our Public Higher Ed system that continues to make the college dream increasingly out of reach..)  Our free book exchange system has a ring of jewels around the city that have opened the doors to learning for hundreds of thousands of AguaPyrans offering exciting adventures for the brain on a regular basis to young and old with the crown jewel of our DownCity branch, unparalleled by any other book depository in our fair land, and the magnificent Elmwood Avenue branch, truly a palace for books.

Here’s hoping, gentle readers, that all will heed the call to support our palaces for the printed word.  Despite the amazing access to information provided by this the All things Autobahn, there’s still nothing quite like a visit to those Mansions for Methodical Musing, the Realm of Research and Rumination. Who out there has the attachment as I to these Incomparable Institutions of Ideas? But ah, I am asphyxiating in alliteration. The Irrational Optimist hopes to hear from you!