Spooky read and a spooky movie listening :: The Splendid Table and old videos of Empire! Empire!; watching :: the heck out of the Corpse Flower cam; reading :: still Love and Friendship; eating :: cranberry juice and leftover Chinese boneless pork spare ribs; working :: on all things ASF16 and a reader’s advisory presentation;Continue reading “Currently”
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We got to support each other
I love going to the consortium committee meetings that I go to because afterwards my friend-colleague who works at another member library and I spend 15 minutes in the parking lot aggressively validating and supporting each other
What I Read Last Week:
NPR Changes UP Programming Ranks | Current The Strange History of Microfilm, Which Will Be With Us For Centuries | Atlas Obscura A Runner’s Career Ends, but her Mission Goes the Distance | New York Times Why I Eat the Same Thing Every Day | The Kitchn Everything Money Can Buy: A Look Inside Amazon’sContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”
Currently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEMnAZrYNMI Why do I love anything James Marsden is in? listening :: Another Look – a film podcast -, Junk Miles with Chip and Jeff – a running podcast, and Floating – from Tommy; watching :: this (Daveed Diggs <3); reading :: Love and Friendship and Lumberjanes v.3; wanting :: 13lbs of BBQ and toContinue reading “Currently”
What I Read Last Week:
PA LibErty Project Beings Testing (and here is the catalog that’s in beta. Pretty cool.) Nashville High Schoolers Train as Baristas to Prepare for The College Grind | NPR The Imitation Game: Applying For-Profit Strategies in the Nonprofit World | Public Libraries Online The Woman Who Took on Nike with Running Shorts | Outside BetaContinue reading “What I Read Last Week:”
Currently
listening :: I’ll Have Another and King Falls AM; eating :: chicken pad see ew (welcome, IDW); watching :: the Olympic trials; reading :: a stack of People back issues and Endangered Species; wanting :: my wireless DVD/streaming player to actually work and just a little more rain; writing :: more words and back-blog posts;Continue reading “Currently”
Bones & Scones Gets Props
Partners in Crime: How Indie Authors and Libraries Can Work Together to Gain New Readers I’ve been working on a project with Library Journal and the SELF-e program and my baby, Bones & Scones, got a mention. I love doing this program because of the community voices and unique genre that is highlighted. Plus, scones!Continue reading “Bones & Scones Gets Props”
“Stop trying to make Jubliee happen, show.”
listening :: to the podcasts On Being (so many back episodes) and I’ll Have Another; watching :: the above video. So funny. So true; reading :: just finished Paper Girls v.1, #FirstEditionFriday, and starting Lumberjanes v.3 and The Last Boy and Girl in the World; wanting :: 6:00PM, disco fries, and to reinvent Teen ServicesContinue reading ““Stop trying to make Jubliee happen, show.””
Don’t call it a comeback
listening :: to Call Your Girl, Toms River, and Modern Baseball’s new album; watching :: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (which I keep putting off because feels); reading :: The Fall of the House of West; wanting :: sunshine, new running sneakers, and a hot cup of coffee; working :: completing the weedingContinue reading “Don’t call it a comeback”
Prince 1958-2016
“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.” – Prince
Cassidy B. Charles 