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Slice of Life Day 6: Most Asked Question
I can almost guarantee exactly what someone will ask me once they find out I’m a librarian. It’s not necessarily annoying as it is an opportunity for me to educate the general public about all the services libraries offer. The question, “With everything available on the Internet, will libraries still…
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Slice of Life Day 5: Cook Them Tasty Food
“Love People. Cook Them Tasty Food.” Penzy’s Spices I started cooking when I was little. You don’t have a choice when you’re growing up as one of four siblings in a household where your parents like to cook and try new food. Nights were spent helping to make dinner and…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Like To Switch Places With
This was definitely an interesting topic, especially as so many of my books focus on middle grade kids around 12. Let’s be honest, I don’t know many people who want to go back to that awkward age. So instead, I focused on picture books. These characters are smart, inquisitive, curious…
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Slice of Life Day 4: Snow
I love how a good snowbalances on branchesblankets the groundabsorbs the sounds of the citymaking everything feelquiet,cozy,and still. The Slice of Life Challenge is something new I’m trying this month! I’ll be posting brief posts that show a glimpse of my life in story-format. A slice of my life as…
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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/4/19
Last Week This week wasn’t too bad in terms of reading! I’ve also been really busy at work and have had to shovel our sidewalks a couple of times, plus we’re finishing up the garage – all things that take me away from reading! But, even with all that going…
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Slice of Life Day 3: Garage Renovation
I would never renovate a garage over other spaces in my house, unless I absolutely had to. But that’s what’s been happening for the past few months. We had a major storm in August that left the manhole on the street dislodged, flooding our split level home – through the…
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Slice of Life Day 2: My Favorite Reading Place
I’m going to be honest, I can read just about anywhere – and usually carry a book with me most places because you never know when you’ll have a few minutes to read a couple of pages. But, my favorite reading place is a chair and a half. But, not…
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Slice of Life Day 1: When I Decided to Become a Librarian
I thought this might be the perfect introduction for my first post of the Slice of Life Challenge. Plus, one of the kids at work literally asked me when I decided to become a librarian last night. So the story’s fresh in my mind. I was one of those rare…
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Ant-Man Read Alikes
Ant-Man is full of laughter and heart, but at the root it is truly all about family. I chose some interesting titles to read if you’re a fan of Ant-Man – a graphic novel about bees (a fascinating combination of facts and story), a story about searching for family in…
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Slice of Life Challenge
I’ve seen the logo over the past few years, but never took the time to read up on what it was all about. The Slice of Life Challenge started in 2008 as a challenge for fourth grade students to encourage them to write regularly in their notebooks about their own…
