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Slice of Life Day 12: Meetings
Much of my time as a director is spent attending meetings. Some more helpful than others. Last night was our Library Board of Directors meeting – this is an advisory group of township residents who work with me on projects for the library and meet monthly. My Board is extremely…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Standalone Books That Need a Sequel
I’m not a huge fan of trilogies or series, mainly because I’m reading books as they are being published and when the sequel finally appears on the shelf, I’ve forgotten everything about the first book! That being said, I’d love to see either a sequel, prequel, or crossover title in…
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Slice of Life Day 11: Rescue Dog
This is Aria, she’s a 5-ish year old rescue pitbull mix. And she’s absolutely loveable, cuddly, crazy, energetic and weird. Her gotcha story is probably a good place to start: We started looking for a dog about 6 months after we bought a house (one of the main reasons for…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/11/19
Last Week It was such a busy week! Monday and Tuesday were spent continuing to work on the garage renovation and I will tell you, it finally feels like we’re making progress! The walls are up, primed and painted and this weekend I finished up the lighting. Now, we’ve got…
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Slice of Life Day 10: Spring Ahead
It’s supposedly 7:15am and I’m all discombobulated! I fell asleep early last night after a busy day of garage renovation and deep cleaning the house (which now looks amazing)! After my dog woke me up requesting her morning walk, I realized just how dark it still is (plus it’s pouring…
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Slice of Life Day 9: Accomplishment
Accomplishment is a whole lot of wiringfive outletsfour LED lightsthree hourstwo YouTube videosone garage doorone light switchand one call to my Dadto actually work. If I don’t get anything else check off my to-do list today, that’ll be okay! I wired the garage! It’s coming along! The Slice of Life…
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Slice of Life Day 8: A Delicious Dinner
It has been what feels like a very long week – I’ve been getting back to the gym in the morning, head straight to work and then have had something to do every night this week! Last night, I had dinner plans with a friend and I was absolutely exhausted,…
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Three on a Theme: Female Architects
March is Women’s History Month, so each Friday my Three on a Theme will focus on picture book biographies of well-known and lesser-known women in history. This week, check out these three women architect who paved the way for women interested in this artsy/science/math career! Julia Morgan Built a Castle…
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Slice of Life Day 7: Why I’m a Librarian
The simple answer is, I can make a difference. I was just asked this question yesterday for an student’s MLIS degree management class. She had asked me about stakeholders, staff, leadership and a host of other things, but her last question was, “Why are you a librarian?” And my simple…
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Doctor Strange Read Alikes
Doctor Strange plays with time and alternate dimensions as do these five books I chose as read alikes. The way the authors choose to time travel, bend time and place, many of which are steeped in mythology and lore makes these titles a perfect fit for Doctor Strange fans! Continue…
