I’m in a busy season of travel, with England, Greece, Washington DC, Ohio, Maine, and Canada all in the cards. (And you wonder why I don’t post more often!). With a few longer flights, I spent a bit of time looking up travel gear and tips, and wanted to…
Twelfth Night update: So the twelve days of Christmas are almost over… but in my defense, I’ve been busy celebrating with family! I’ve also been contemplating how to mark the days between stockings and kings, especially if you’re not particularly fond of medieval saints. I think I’ve got it,…
Well, the gentleman gave an excellent Christmas gift this year… even after I said I didn’t need anything. If money were no object… If money were no object, I’d put an end to class disparity. If money were no object, I’d topple corrupt financial systems for you. If money…
In the last few years, I’ve shared about alternative gifts to give at Christmas, unusual Christmas songs, and Christmas in my ancestral region of Alsace, France. So of course I enjoy calendars of fun things to do at Christmas: Kindness Advent Calendars But I was even more charmed when a…
There are many ways to hold a Thanksgiving dinner. Often, we throw a party when good things happen. A father celebrates when his missing son comes home. A child is born, people marry, finish school, or get promoted. The harvest comes in, a trade deal is made, or fattened…
1. on library demographics Soon after my $20,000 library degree, I surveyed other grads about their experiences. Starting salaries in the Library Journal’s annual Salaries & Placements survey looked great… but they seemed to be missing half of all graduates. Perhaps, I thought, they left out the MLIS grads…
When are meal subscription apps a great deal, and when are they overrated? I review the ones we’ve tried and give my recommendations on how to do it well.
Because I’m a librarian at a research university, authors and publishers often email me to promote their books… and article collections… and digital archives… and films… and even chapbooks of poetry or local history (!). I also get lists of new books from our vendors, and catalogs from academic…
I’ve been in Kazakhstan for the past two weeks on an exchange program, but just realized some friends don’t know much about it. Below, I’ve listed a few key facts you might store in your head and share with others: It’s an enormous land. Think of the world’s ten…
How would you do as a Somali pirate? A third world farmer? A fake news dealer? Find out here.