Burien

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 So, finally they've reopened and I can revisit the very first KCLS branch I started working at a long 26 years ago...! But first to bike to Northgate and light rail to Tukwila -- foregoing returning to that branch on another nice sunny day....again discovering 'hidden' roads like biking around the airport all alone except for the steady stream of cars....arrive again even before their 1pm opening...

but somehow so distraught that Barb (who i worked with long ago here) didn't even remember me, didn't even remember my ESCAPE! program bringing in rock bands and tattoo artists and fire eaters and fortune tellers to attract teens to the library until midnight every Friday -- geez, I remembered her! -- that I failed to even take any photos....so here's a generic one:


Humbug! and naturally there was the same plebeian range of folks both inside and out milling about....


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