There's a day, a week, a month for everything. October happens to be National Book Club Month, or Group Reading Month. While I've always enjoyed reading as a strictly solo activity (I've only just joined Good Reads in the last couple of months at my boss's encouragement), expanding it to be a social event can... Continue Reading →
The Library was my Postpartum Sanctuary
Today concludes National Library Week, a weeklong celebration and observance of the important work that libraries do for communities. The 2018 theme for National Library Week was “Libraries Lead” which prompted me to reflect on the role libraries have played in my parenting, particularly during the hard parts. After my first child -- Blossom --... Continue Reading →
Reality Bytes: Augmented Learning, Libraries, and Living Through AR
I wrote this piece for CMST 301: Digital Media and Society at UMUC. Students were asked to write about a piece of new technology in digital media and what impact it will have on society. I received an A on this paper. The constant breakneck pace of tech development has made keeping up with digital... Continue Reading →
An Astonishing Thing
[A book is] a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles.