I am a tea-loving, hat-knitting, world-traveling teen librarian.
Thu
Dec
2
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9th Grade Boy:
Miss, tomorrow in class we're going to watch a video of a baby being born.
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Me:
Oh yeah, that miracle of life video (having flash back to health class in 8th grade).
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Boy:
It's going to be so awesome! I really hope someone throws up!
Fri
Nov
12
I really didn’t realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. You think they’re just sitting there at the desk, all quiet and everything. They’re like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn’t mess with them.
Michael Moore, from BuzzFlash.com interview 3/12/02
Fri
Jul
23
When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
Rolling stones guitarist Keith Richards, quoted in a preview of Life. Sunday Times (U.K.) April 4. (Found in American Libraries May 2010 “How the World Sees Us” feature).
Thu
Jul
1
I love coming to the library because if you don’t know something you can come here and read a book and can learn.
A 9-year-old in my library said this to me today! It made me so happy :)
Sat
Jun
5
We went to Vermont and had a great time!
Sat
May
15
Bread I made tonight with a recipe for Rustic White Bread from the “America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook”
Wed
May
12
From garden plot to table— YUM!
Fri
Apr
2
One of the most delightful things about a garden is the anticipation it provides.
W.E. Johns, The Passing Show. (Found in The Curious Gardener’s Almanac by Niall Edworthy.