Former BJ  Reference Library chief Cathy Tierney, who “fully retired” in 2013, doesn’t let much grass grow under her feet.

She’s leaped into volunteering and traveling.

Write Cathy of her travels:

“My first was an Amtrak trip to DC, then Japan in Cherry Blossom season, a riverboat trip from St. Petersburg to Moscow, covering 2,000 miles of Russia, leaving for Vietnam & Cambodia in October, and I've already made plans for a long trip to Morocco next year, for sure ... the trips have been wonderful.”

For all of us, it’s a major transition from Ol’ Blue Walls to traveling the world. When I look at that photo on Clyde “Bud” Morris’ farm, I think I counted 20 who are no longer with us, including Bud. Except in our memories.