After two weeks of craziness regarding my alma mater (whose letter Obama ignored and signed an nondiscrimination executive order anyway! YAY!), a trip for a funeral to Kansas*, being sick, getting in a mini-car accident** where some jerk hit my two-month-old car, and a ton of library programming, I'm back into the blog. I want … Continue reading A scavenger hunt
Category: Programs
May was crazy
I'm back and hopefully for good! My plan is to get back to a regular blogging schedule - perhaps not to the lofty heights of twice a week to which I once aspired and perhaps achieved a handful of times - but to a once a week goal. May has been a really busy and … Continue reading May was crazy
Fortnight
It's been almost two weeks since I've posted. I'm having a bit of trouble at the beginning of this year keeping up with my twice a week posting schedule. Life and work has been busy and that's ok. One of the bigger and more stressful events of the last few weeks was Leslea Newman's visit … Continue reading Fortnight
Sometimes I want to be a Children’s Librarian
Mostly, I want to be a Children's Librarian when I hear about programs like this one over at the Show Me Librarian (Missouri! My birth-state!) where they had a professional ballerina come to talk about ballet, read a book, do some crafts, and take photos. Seriously!? This is such a fantastic idea. She even teaches … Continue reading Sometimes I want to be a Children’s Librarian
The reason I go to work everyday
It's not because I'm supposed to, or because they pay me to, or because it's glamorous. It's because I love working with my patrons, and my teen patrons especially. Yesterday I had a drop-in games and crafts program in our teen space. I had a handful of kids not traveling for school vacation and whose … Continue reading The reason I go to work everyday
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