I couldn't decide this morning whether to go get a Colorado driver's license or a Jefferson County library card. Okay, the truth is that it was a no-brainer, although I justified it by telling myself that then I would have something to read while I was waiting in line at the DMV.

While we were in Brussels, I kept a list of books that were reviewed in the American press that I wanted to read when they became available in Europe or I returned home. That list accompanied me to the Arvada Public Library today, and honestly, when I found a couple of the titles on the shelves, I felt like kissing the dust jackets, just as one of my young NPL patrons did when I helped her locate one of her favorite authors.