Project 52 – Bonus Post – Books!
Last night, I accidentally skipped this picture of my sisters and me with our library books: I like this picture, because I was thinking about books I read when I…
Category: Books
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Reading to Children
Yesterday I posted about reading Fox in Socks for our library’s Seussathon. (I also read The Sneetches and Other Stories, Horton Hatches an Egg, Green Eggs and Ham, and Mr.…
The 2010 Newbery/Caldecott Banquet
Sunday, June 27, 2010. I drove back into DC for the Newbery/Caldecott Banquet and experienced the highlight of my whole year. I went three years ago, sat in the back,…
Sunday Schmoozing
Well, I wanted to blog all about ALA — and now it’s been a couple of months. However, I really do want to relive it and post all the pictures…
YA Author Coffee Klatch
I’m taking a long time to write about ALA because life is interfering. I got RIF’d from my job as a Youth Services Librarian, but I was fortunate enough that…
First Full Day of ALA 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010, I woke up bright and early and excited to go to ALA. I drove in — funny thing, but there’s no traffic early on a Saturday…
ALA Annual Conference 2010
It’s been more than a week since ALA finished, and I had a wonderful time. Time to report! I’d had four days at my new job as a Management Analyst…
Best of Lists and NaNoWriMo
So the end of the year is approaching, and everybody’s coming out with their best of the year lists. I have to admit that I hate that! How can you…
NaNoWriMo & Newberys, Headaches & Hassles
I’m thinking about life. November isn’t turning out like I expected when I decided to try NaNoWriMo after all. It’s Day 10, and so far, I’ve written 4,214 words on…
Rain and Lessons in Contentment
I fully believe that Joy is a choice. I am currently reading several books that tell me it is not my circumstances that determine my happiness, but the story I tell…