a genuine antique

The other day I lost my favorite book mark.  It was one that my oldest granddaughter had made for me during the summer when she and her sister were making all sorts of crafts out of fancy patterned duct tape.  I really like this particular book mark it's a nce size and very colorful, but I can't find it anywhere.  I suspect my recliner ate it.  So, I went in search of another bookmark.  I do not just turn down the corners on pages.  I've been well trained by many librarians over the years.  Hidden in the back of one drawer I found a nice stiff card with a design colored on one side by another of my grandchildren, or perhaps one of my children.  It looked like it would work and it does. After admiring the coloring I looked more closely and realized that the design had been colored on an old (very old) computer punch card.  Once upon a time programs were entered into computers after first being encoded on punch cards, lots and lots of punch cards.  I'm not really sure how this all worked but I do know that my husband used to come home with long boxes of these used cards which the kids could then use for all sorts of craft projects like, for instance, book marks.  I have no idea how this particular card has survived but I'm happy to give it another lease on life. I am doing a lot of reading these days.