Teatime Librarian

I am a tea-loving, hat-knitting, world-traveling teen librarian.
Sun Nov 1
A dose of cute courtesy of Morris & Greta

A dose of cute courtesy of Morris & Greta

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Sun Oct 11
My glass jar terrarium with Lepanthopsis astrophora ‘Stalky’ orchid inside.  The orchid will stay this size through its lifetime and produce tiny flowers.

My glass jar terrarium with Lepanthopsis astrophora ‘Stalky’ orchid inside.  The orchid will stay this size through its lifetime and produce tiny flowers.

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Thu Jul 9

Hot Presidents

  • Me: I think Obama is the hottest president yet.
  • David: Really? Hotter than Andrew Jackson?
  • Me: You think Andrew Jackson is hot?
  • David: Yeah, he's all rugged.
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Thu Jun 4

I am not a mind reader

  • On three separate occasions, patrons came to the desk tonight and said only the following:
  • Can you fix this? (With no corresponding body language or item)
  • It happened again (he confused me with another librarian who had helped him before)
  • Pass (and thrusts ID at me, presumably to request a visitors pass for the computer)
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Mon May 25
Me and David at Top of the Town in Arlington, VA.  What a nice place for a wedding reception!

Me and David at Top of the Town in Arlington, VA.  What a nice place for a wedding reception!

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“ I like my tea like I like my women— loose. My incredibly inappropriate husband.
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Sun May 10
Mary Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row.

Mary Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

With silver bells and cockle shells

and pretty maids all in a row.

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Mon Apr 20

The Road

The Road The Road by Cormac McCarthy

My review

rating: 5 of 5 stars
McCarthy’s style is understated and beautiful— so much emotion hovers just below the surface of his simple prose. Though it sounds like a cliche, his novel evokes questions about what it means to be human and what it means to love another person. It is not a “happy” book, but it is a very enjoyable one.

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Sat Apr 18

The librarian is not flirting with you; it's her job to be nice

  • Patron walks in to the empty children's room. He's middle-aged and I have helped him before.
  • Me: Hello, how are you? (In a tone intended to politely hint that he should not be in the children's room as he is a middle-aged man without a child)
  • Patron: I'm fine, how are you?
  • Me: I'm good, thanks.
  • Patron: I didn't ask how you look, I asked how you are. *walks closer to the desk*
  • Me: I'm fine, thank you. (trying to pretend he so did not just say that)
  • Patron: I said, I didn't ask how you look, I asked how you are.
  • Me: *nervous laughter*
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“ Libraries serve the information needs of all of the people in the community — not just the loudest, not just the most powerful, not even just the majority. Libraries serve everyone. Judith Krug, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/opinion/15wed4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
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