Cassidy B. Charles

What I’ve Been Reading – 2/14/2022

Gaviota Library (April 1920) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library

Good news (for now) for one of SoCal’s Most Popular Surf Spots | LAist
Rule plans to retire from Cabell County Public Library | The Herald-Dispatch
Return of the Pied-a-terre | The New York Times
I tackled my climate anxiety by becoming a Parks Department Super Steward | New York Magazine
91-year-old Lassen National Park fire lookout destroyed in Dixie Fire | SFGate
Deafheaven waves goodbye to metal — and maybe to what made the band special | AV Club
How a band of hippies and potheads kept Western Swing alive | Texas Monthly
Meet Olympic Surfing’s Wave Whisperer | The New York Times
Lost Pies of the South | Southern Living
How to write a romance novel in 2021 | TIME

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What I’ve Been Reading – 2/7/2022

Postcard map of counties with established County Libraries (1910) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library

Stacey Abrams and Michael Connelly On Plot, Persistence, and Passion | Elle
How ‘Two Minutes to Late Night’ Created the Web’s Wildest Quarantine Covers Series | Rolling Stone
Looking for Bison in the Wichita Mountains | Texas Monthly
On the Profoundly Modern Marriage of Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff | Vogue
How Orthodox Women Are Using Social Media to Liberate Each Other From Dead Marriages | Vogue
The universal nostalgia for “Take Me Home, Country Roads” | CBS News
Reservation Dogs: What is the Tall Man legend? | Popsugar

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What I’ve Been Reading – 1/31/2022

Three young girls reading books (1930) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library

Lompoc Theatre Project Uncovers “Secret Room” Containing Historical Snack Shop Equipment | Lompoc Record
Dave Grohl explains how music – and a hitchhiker wearing a Kurt Cobain t-shirt — helped him heal | WBUR
The Tax Loophole That Helps America’s Richest Families Stay That Way | The New York Times
Ghost forests creep up U.S. East Coast | NBC News
Volunteer Radio Operators Are A Lifesaver During Emergencies In The San Bernardino National Forest | LAist
Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina is Home to Rare Population of Synchronous Fireflies | Southern Living
Escape From New York: The great maritime rescue of lower Manhattan on 9/11 | New York Magazine
The Real Heroes Are Dead | The New Yorker

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What I’ve Been Reading – 1/24/2022

Carpinteria Branch Public Library (1939) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library

Rosslyn Metro Escalator | Atlas Obscura
24 hours in a diner? This Ridgewood quartet’s tradition is so Jersey | Daily Record
The Sandy Hook Pilots | The New Yorker
A Glimpse at the People and Cars of L.A.’s Lowrider Scene | Los Angeles Magazine
The Last Great Mystery of the Mind: Meet the People Who have Unusual — or Non-Existent — Inner Voices | The Guardian
Los Angeles Central Library’s Map Librarian Glen Creason Takes A New Route: Retirement | Los Angeles Times
The Unsung Ranger Behind the U.S. Forest Service’s Iconic Signs | Atlas Obscura
Haiku | Jace Turner

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What I’ve Been Reading – 1/17/2022

Andree Clark Bird Refuge | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library

“Now Everyone in the World Can See This”: Folklife and the Internet | Library of Congress
It’s Never Too Late to Learn How to Swim | The New York Times
John Palminteri | Santa Barbara Independent
Beauty from Disarray | Harvard Magazine
Eve Babitz and the Hollywood Library | Los Angeles Public Library
Hustling to Get By: Side Jobs in Graduate School | American Historical Association
80 years after the Pearl Harbor attack, my dad’s story speaks of love and loss | NPR

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What I’ve Been Reading – 1/10/2022

Santa Barbara Public Library, 40 East Anapamu St. Main reading room at Christmas (1939) | Edson Smith Photo Collection –
Santa Barbara Public Library

File Under L | Rutgers University Alumni Association
Lessons From Past Taught in Santa Barbara Backcountry | Noozhawk
Love the Fig | The New Yorker
Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out. | Texas Monthly
On Witness and Repair: A Personal Tragedy Followed By Pandemic | Vanity Fair
Chanel Miller on her art debut: I never thought I’d have so much space to be seen | Los Angeles Times

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What I’ve Been Reading – 9/20/2021

The story behind the mysterious crests on old San Francisco homes | SFGate
Library in Tiny Alaskan Village Tackles Housing Shortage | Programming Librarian
At the edge of Santa Barbara County, Cuyama is Central California’s cowboy valley of enchantment | SFGate

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What I’ve Been Reading – 7/26/2021

The Biology of Grief | The New York Times
A Brief History of the Midwest Supper Club | Taste
Benji is One Down Dog | Texas Monthly
Why We Watch Relationships Fall Apart | The Atlantic
Everything you need to know about the region’s data centers | Northern Virginia
Melvyl Through Time | UC Libraries

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Life Lately – 6/15/2021

Deafheaven – Great Mass of Color

listening :: Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR and the Deafheaven spoiler tracks;

eating :: Trader Joe’s vodka sauce (doctored with red pepper and cream, topped with mozzarella), and also the best, homemade chocolate-dipped biscotti from a friend;

thinking :: about baking biscotti, and options for a media tabletop/general storage cabinet (Thanks, Ikea). I am also thinking about my feelings on travel this summer.;

loving :: chocolate-dipped biscotti (Truly a one-track mind), Magic Shell ice cream topping (an old love, re-visited), and ;

looking ahead :: to my cousin’s ongoing graduation celebrations, summer day trips around the mid-Atlantic, and maybe a trip west.

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What I’ve Been Reading – 6/7/2021

We’re Finally Starting to Revolt Against the Cult of Ambition | The New York Times
The Women of UCLA Brought Joy Back to Gymnastics | Glamour
A Chef’s Perfect Beach Day | Garden & Gun
Chris Gethard’s New Special Is an Ode to DIY | Vice
New Documentary Tells ‘Forgotten’ Story of Deadly 1977 Honda Canyon Fire | Lompoc Record
How to Be an Antiracist Supervisor: Start with Changing What You Call Yourself | Nonprofit Quarterly
Rachel Carson on Writing and the Loneliness of Creative Work | Brainpickings
The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile | The New York Times
Q&A with California Geological Survey Librarian Amy Loseth | California Department of Conservation
For Mother’s Day, Roll Up a French-Style Omelet as a Way to Say ‘I Love You’ | NPR

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