After twenty years under sail as a Brooklyn Public Library crew member, your blog editor will be jumping ship on Friday 28th June, leaving in her wake a trail of 92--count 'em--92 blog posts on everything from Pigtown to alcoholic turtles. With an eye to the future, yet, as befits a local history librarian, with feet firmly anchored in fine examples from the past, let me now look forward to life beyond the library.
For an old special collections dame, collecting is going to be an attractive pastime.
![Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 16, 1937](https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/blog-bkology/2013/6/Farewell%2Belephantssml.jpg)
![Miss Mary Coghill...is shown...with her collection of English tin soldiers...Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 29, 1940](https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/blog-bkology/2013/6/Farewell%2Btinsoldierssml.jpg)
Art projects line up to be completed, and the knitting that has been languishing for two years next to the sofa might even be finished.
![Mr Joseph Turner came out of retirement to make shadow boxes that people buy...Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 1, 1946](https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/blog-bkology/2013/6/Farewell%2Bshadowboxessml.jpg)
And honestly, another good reason to move on is the need to get down to some serious gardening.
!["On the job--Mrs. Louis Sternberg of Brooklyn CDVO helps to turn the ground [with a plow] in community [victory] garden at 17th Ave. [i.e. East 17th Street?] and Avenue J." Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Apr 20, 1943](https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/blog-bkology/2013/6/Victory%2Bgardensml.jpg)
I will certainly relish the opportunity to take long walks,
![Sir Edmund Hillary leads a companion over broken and dangerous ground...Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Dec 19, 1953](https://static.bklynlibrary.org/prod/public/images/blog-bkology/2013/6/Farewell%2Bicewalksml.jpg)
And I'll be doing some traveling, as far as my limited budget will allow:
But most of all, I look forward to being a humble student and servant of music.
Ensemble work is always tremendously stimulating,
in whatever form,
and I will especially relish time spent at the keyboard, alone or with an adoring acolyte:
Although sad to relate, my acolyte is more likely to resemble this one:
And then, after a hard practice session, what could be better than to follow the example of Floyd, the tippling turtle of the Toddy Inn.
Farewell Brooklynology! Farewell Brooklyn Public Library, dear colleagues and library patrons!
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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