Recently, the loving husband and I took a brief respite from the rigors of daily living to go fishing for a few days. We heard about a crappie hotspot on Lake Geneva and decided to put some fish in the freezer. The hotspot was hot. We had our limit of crappies within a couple of hours, which led to a serious dilemma. I turned to the loving husband and inquired, "Now what are we going to do?" We couldn’t fish for crappies anymore. We decided that I should go through the livewell and release eight of the smaller crappies. I did and the loving husband cleaned the rest of them. The next day we went kayaking first, then crappie fishing. We caught replacements for the eight fish I released the previous day and the loving husband cleaned them. I don’t clean fish. If I had to clean the fish, I wouldn’t keep any. That night we cooked eight crappies so we could fish for more the next day. Normally we put a light breading on them and fry them. But breading is filling. So in an effort to consume eight crappies (16 filets), we decided to forego the breading and broil them in butter and lemon. We did quite well. But we couldn’t eat the last four filets. The final day we went bass, northern and walleye fishing, anything but crappies. At noon I ate the last four crappie filets and we headed back out to the hotspot. Within an hour we were up to our limit again. So every time we caught a big one, we’d release a smaller one. Most of the crappies in the livewell weighed about one pound. Then, suddenly and without warning, the loving husband starts hefting in the 1.5 pound crappies. I had to release a one-pounder so we could keep a 1.5 pounder. This was very stressful for me because some days you can’t even catch a half-pounder, so throwing back a one-pounder is profoundly disturbing. OK, I’m done complaining about the great fishing, the perfect weather and the terrible time I had hefting in crappies right and left. Now on to some special announcements. The library is closed on Thursday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. We will be open regular hours on Friday and Saturday. Next week, Nov. 15-20, is Children’s Book Week. Special story times for all ages will be held and there will be prizes and giveaways all week long. Stop by the library and pick up a schedule of activities. We have a new book by one of your favorite authors, John Case, called "The Murder Artist." As a television news correspondent, Alex Callahan has traveled to some of the most dangerous corners of the globe, covering famine, plague and war. He’s seen more than his share of blood and death and knows what it means to be afraid. But what he’s never known is the terror that grabs him when, on a tranquil summer afternoon, he ceases to be an observer of the dark side and becomes enmeshed in it.Separated from his wife and struggling not to become a stranger to his six-year-old twin sons, Alex is logging some all-too-rare quality time with the boys when they vanish without a trace during a countryside Renaissance Fair. Then the phone call comes. A chilling silence, slow, steady breathing and the familiar, plaintive voice of a child "Daddy" complete the nightmare. The longer the police search, the deeper Alex’s certainty grows that time is running out. Alex vows to use his own relentless investigative skills to rescue his children from the shadowy figure dubbed The Piper. What Alex Callahan is closing in on is a monster with a mission.