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TBT – To Walk Or Not To Walk

This is an old post I found in my drafts – a blast from the past. Spoiler alert: I walked in my graduate commencement and I am happy that I did. Lately, I have been going back and forth about walking at my graduate school’s commencement. Since I graduated in December (or January 2014 saysContinue reading “TBT – To Walk Or Not To Walk”

TBT – Blind Date with a Book Display 2015

This is a throwback to my first Blind Date with a Book Display in 2015. I have no idea where that red, felt display case blanket is and now I kind of miss it.

Questions of eternal significance: do you re-read books you’ve already finished?

Questions of eternal significance: do you re-read books you’ve already finished? There are very few books that I am inclined to read more than once. Every July, I have get the itch to read Harry Potter, as I read the first four (and back then, only) books while I was at summer camp. But thenContinue reading “Questions of eternal significance: do you re-read books you’ve already finished?”

What I Read Last Week – 2/13

After Two Tragedies, a Love to Bring Down Barriers | New York Times No Time to be Nice: Now is Not the Moment to Remain Silent | WBUR The New York Times Bestseller List Have Become Even More Irrelevant | Book Riot

Blind Date with a Book2017

In time for Valentine’s Day. This is an annual display and I am annually surprised by the good reception. I’m not sure if I would be as adventurous as the library’s readers, but this display makes me very happy.

TBT – Book Art Exhibition 2015

Students at the local high school made these in their art class. Very impressive and I was happy we hosted them.

What I Read Last Week – 1/16

Inside Ivanka and Tiffany Trump’s Complicated Sister Act | Vanity Fair Epitaph’s Brett Gurewitz On Building – And Shifting – a Punk Empire | Pitchfork Nearing Burnout? Here are 4 Tips from WNYC’s Manoush Zomorodi on Staying Sane | Poynter No, I’m From New York | The New Yorker Lynn Hill | Wikipedia

Currently – 1/13

listening :: Too Beautiful to Love and Chumped; reading :: Love Warrior; eating :: a turtle brownie with my mom and a California BLT; writing :: letters and spreadsheets; loving :: Feedly – it’s the best way to keep in the loop on everything from news to fun running blogs to library updates; looking ahead ::Continue reading “Currently – 1/13”

2016 – Listed

Throughout the year I keep a list of warm-fuzzy highlights. It’s complete nonsense to the unknowing, but every bit makes makes me smile. Here is 2016’s: The Beautiful Possible Getting a spilled coffee replaced Catching up with Dr. Cummings in the Shakespeare book shop Meeting Caleb’s Kat “If you know Cassidy and Caleb you mustContinue reading “2016 – Listed”

What I Read Last Week 12/19

The World Is… – Invalid Litter Dept. (ATDI Cover) Rachele Schulist overcomes the lie of not being thin enough | FloTrack The Long Arc of the Moral Universe | Agnostic, Maybe The Grossly Exaggerated Death of the Library, or Why I Don’t Discourage Students From Attending Library School | ACRLog Jo Cox remembered by SarahContinue reading “What I Read Last Week 12/19”