Comments | chrisconlon: Olga Klibo, 1914-2013

chrisconlon

Olga Klibo, 1914-2013

Apr 21, 2013 17:00

Sometimes they can knock you out.

Voices from the past. Returned to you. And then just as suddenly stilled.

You didn’t know Olga Klibo, and that’s too bad. If you’d known her when I did, in the 1970s, and if you’d been a child too, as I was, you might have learned to love reading and books just as I did: by your weekly visits to the Buellton ( Read more... )

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What a Nice Memory ron_breznay April 21 2013, 23:54:24 UTC

Chris, what a nice memory of what sounded like a lovely woman. It is rare when adults talk to children instead of talking down to them. And she obviously had a special role in your life ( ... )

Re: What a Nice Memory chrisconlon April 22 2013, 01:37:07 UTC

Thanks much for that, Ron. It's funny, but I'd almost completely forgotten about the card catalog in the Buellton Library--no doubt because I hardly ever used it, since my favorite sections (science fiction in particular) took up only a few shelves in their entirety. It was one small library!

lovely memories marktlancaster April 22 2013, 22:15:27 UTC

Thanks for sharing your memories of this special woman, Chris, and of the library that she represents. Not only could I feel like I was there with you in the Buellton Library as a child, but it brought back my own memories (as it did for Ron) of my own libraries as a child. The county library branch near my home, but especially my Parkville Elementary School library, with the elderly librarian Miss Gatchel. She may not have been as ancient as she seemed to this 10 year old, but she must have been pushing retirement age by the time I moved on to junior high ( ... )

Re: lovely memories chrisconlon April 23 2013, 20:25:37 UTC

Three cheers for Miss Gatchel, Mark--and thanks very much for those memories.

tztony April 24 2013, 10:07:50 UTC

What a touching and rewarding tale, Chris...and how happy indeed Mrs. Klibo must have been to learn of her positive effect on the life of another. How wonderful that you were able to share your appreciation while she could enjoy it.

I know it's not your cup of tea - too much sugar added - but your recollection calls up shades of TZ's "The Changing of the Guard" for me. Mrs. Klibo may or may not have won victories for humanity, but she helped others win them - and, thanks to your outreach, was rewarded with the knowledge that her work had meaning.

Nice to have you back, sir.

chrisconlon April 24 2013, 21:53:31 UTC

Thanks, Tony. She led a good life, which is all we can ask of anybody.