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Recent Posts
- On my new favorite tumblr: “Awesome People Reading.”
- On the highs and lows of glittery crafts.
- Penpals, update your contact info!
- Two magnificent paragraphs on Katy Perry’s boobs.
- On picking your battles.
- On amazing women and sure-to-be-amazing books.
- On heavy sentences.
- Things are as they should be.
- Currently enjoying:
- Go west, young woman!
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Category Archives: Libraries
I left my heart in Dallas.
Earlier this month, I took time out of my busy Minneapolis schedule of socializing and concert-going to visit my darling Amanda in Texas. She was my roommate when we studied abroad in Paris, and she can be seen photographing us … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrations, Libraries, Love, Paris, Travel
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On what I want to be and the things I value.
“Librarians’ values are as sound as Girl Scouts’: truth, free speech, and universal literacy. And, like Scouts, they possess a quality that I think makes librarians invaluable and indispensible: they want to help. They want to help us. They want … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, Technology, The Internet, Work
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Hello, November!
I’m intimidated. I haven’t updated my blog in a while, so this post should be a good one, huh? But now I’m overwhelmed. What’s new?, you ask. Nothing and everything. I feel like I’m floundering in a post-grad wasteland. I … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving in September.
Thank you dear reader, for continuing to click on my blog when I didn’t post for a month. Thank you Wes Anderson, for making lovely movies. Thank you Minneapolis Park and Rec, for showing a Wes Anderson movie this evening … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Celebrations, Libraries, Love, Seasons
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On literature.
I’ve always loved books. My grandpa Malam is a master of the revealing anecdote, and his favorite one about me takes place on my second birthday. After the cake and candles, at the end of the party, I was opening … Continue reading
