An ordinary extraordinary day!
7:00 AM — The Sidekick Appears
If I’m lucky I’m able to get the bed made before Minnie, my 15-year-old toy poodle, is asking for breakfast. If I’m home she’s never more than a few feet away, and she may get her MLIS before I do – she listens to every class video!
11:00 AM — My Happy Place(s)
If I have my towel, and have managed to escape a bout of Vogon poetry, and it’s a week day I end up in my office – one of my happy places! If it’s the weekend then I’m venturing deep into the most amazing forests or parklands I can get to in the time allotted.
This is a secret lake I love, where I sit and watch green herons, swans, and listen to the loons call to each other.
💬 2:00 PM — What I Do (and Why)
As someone with a lifelong passion (some might say obsession) for learning things, working in a library to help others have the same experience is very satisfying. If I spend the rest of my life helping the world access libraries I will consider it a life well-lived.
🎵 6:00 PM — The Soundtrack
In the evening it’s family project time: messing with the YouTube algorithm. We use a stream-of-consciousness approach for music, clips, and weird British offerings. It’s always our goal to try and reach the point where the suggestions area is blank!
🌙 9:00 PM — Looking Ahead
While you may not find a lot of personal social media work of mine online there’s a good reason for it! I spend all day on the computer at work so I really try and unplug in my free time. I weave, paint, hike, and recharge to bring my best back to the library.
Welcome to my blog! Come in, stay a while, bring coffee if you like – because I only have tea. (Fun fact: I’ve never had a cup of coffee!)
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