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Thanks - Tim is Home

Happy to report that Tim Oakley is home.  We are all grateful.  Thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

Tim Oakley - Silver Alert

PLEASE HELP FIND TIM

NORTH STONINGTON, CT (WFSB) -
The Connecticut State Police are asking for the public's help trying to locate a 32-year-old man missing from North Stonington.
A Silver Alert was issued for Timothy Oakley, who was last seen in town earlier Tuesday.
State police said they believe Oakley to be suicidal and he has a history of mental illness.
Oakley is being described as a white male who is 6'2" and weighs 155 pounds with blue eyes and red hair.
He was last seen wearing a black winter jacket, blue jeans and white Nike shoes.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call state police at 860-848-6500.

Where do "orphaned" books go?

Handle With Care
By Andrew D. Scrimgeour

Illustration by Jon Krause

Here are the first  paragraphs of a brilliantly written essay on the "liturgical" role of a librarian as he handles the library of a deceased scholar.  It demonstrates the way the smallest details to attention are important in preserving the qualities of an individual as found in the way their books are stacked or placed on shelves; markings of the readers in those books; and the insertions so often left in the pages of a well used book.  

You will not want to miss this essay in its entirety!

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I have been here many times before. Not to this particular library but to others like it. Some have been on college campuses, others in private homes. Some have sprawled through many rooms, including the bathroom; others were confined to a single space. One had no windows; another overlooked a lake. Most were crowded. All were dusty. 

Each was the domain of a scholar. Each was the accumulation of a lifetime of intellectual achievement. Each reflected a well-defined precinct of specialization. But what they also had in common was that each of their owners had died. And by declaration of their wills, or by the discernment of their families, I had been called to claim or consider the bereft books for my university library. 

One of the little-known roles of the academic librarian is bereavement counseling: assisting families with the disposition of books when the deceased have not specified a plan for them. Most relatives know these books were the lifeblood of their owners and so of intellectual value if not great monetary worth. But they remain clueless about how to handle them responsibly. Some call used-book shops. Some call the Salvation Army. Others call a university library. Many allow friends and relatives to pick over the shelves before bringing in a professional.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/books/review/handled-with-care.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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Christmas Eve 2012

The Gospel of Luke "does not simply say, 'Christ is born, but to you he is born.'  Neither does Jesus say, 'I bring glad tidings, but to you I bring glad tidings of great joy.'  Furthermore, this joy was not to remain in Christ, but it shall be to all the people....Christ must above all things become our own and we become his."

     Martin Luther (1483-1546) Sermon on Luke 2:1-14 Christmas Day 1521