It’s so good. And going to be a nightmare to find 😭

I’m glad to see that Colorado Humanities is going to keep the no AI rule for the book awards. We have too many amazing actual human writers to allow slop into the awards.

Started a new paper star jar. So far I have about 6 cups (1418 ml) folded since Christmas. ✨

Grief is just love with no place to go. I’ll miss you forever little friend 💔💚💔

a red and pink cross stitch on blue fabric. "everything I love causes carpal tunnel" surrounded by hearts, a needle and thread, and a skein of embroidery floss.

relevant to many of yalls interests.

Working on securing something a bit more permanent. Also trying to tie up loose ends from my last position. It’s been a challenging transition, but still the right choice. Going to keep working with books however I can.

2026 family photo time. My entire heart on one perch. 💚💙💚

Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate Apache succeeds Andrea Gibson, who served as poet laureate from 2023 until their death in July from ovarian cancer

Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate

A well deserved win for a fab book!

Collage of ALA Youth Media Award honorees. ALA Youth Media Awards: The top books and digital media for children and young adults. The 2026 ALA Youth Media Award honorees—featuring the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and more—have been announced Check out the books young readers will be talking about all year

Dear young readers,

Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.

Sincerely, ALA

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#ALAyma
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My coworkers are hilarious 😂

Almost time.
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
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Composite of two images. On left, a letter from Frederic G. Melcher, and on the right a photo of Melcher holding a book. Text below reads: "The Caldecott Medal: ‘A Hasty Idea Thrown Out.’ In a letter less than ten sentences long, Frederic G. Melcher, who established the Newbery Medal in 1921, created a preliminary sketch for what would become the Randolph Caldecott Medal. His “hasty idea” became one of ALA’s most enduring and prestigious book awards. ALA150, American Library Association

The Caldecott Medal, established in 1937, is of one of the most prestigious children’s book awards in the world. But the idea was first presented as a hasty idea in a letter. Read more about its origins: https://bit.ly/4bh6mX4

Watch the 2026 Youth Media Awards on Mon, 1/26, 10am CT: ala.unikron.com

Being an SLS for Arapahoe Libraries has given me so many opportunities to figure out what I love most about the library world. Getting to fill in on the bookmobile was an extra special treat.

Denver Art Museum with a friend. I’ve nearly explored every floor. My favs from the contemporary art collection.

I love that our branches name their shelving carts. Always down for a good pun 😂

Happy Winter Solstice

Library shelving cart of the day

I was recently on a Sunday shift at the library & it was cold, rainy, & very slow. We can read on desk so I finished “The Hollow Places” by @tkingfisher.com Fabulous, horribly unsettling. I now deeply distrust willows & my co-librarians were enjoying my concerned expressions. 😂

Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social

Fall at Kenosha

Text graphic of a quote from ALA President Sam Helmick: "One in five households in our country still do not have access to reliable home broadband. Hotspots are not a permanent fix, but they'll make sure students, jobseekers, veterans and seniors don't get left behind. The need is urgent, especially in rural areas. The funding is there, through the federal E-Rate program. The experienced delivery mechanism is there, through the 1,762 public libraries approved by the FCC to loan hotspots to their communities. Chairman Carr's move to repeal the program next week looks like one more tactic of this administration to limit Americans’ access to information."

ALA and partners have submitted a joint letter urging the FCC to reconsider overturning the E-Rate rule and to protect these vital programs that expand internet access for students and library patrons across America.

I love that the library district I work at names all their book-carts. It’s so fun ❤️

Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died “Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in 2021, won festival favorite at Sundance this year. Gibson was 50.

Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died

Evening walk

Saturday mornings

Getting fired won’t stop Carla Hayden In her first local interview since she was fired by President Trump as Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden speaks about the importance of expanding access, not cutting it off.

Dr. Carla Hayden may have been fired, but she’s not backing down. In her first local interview since being removed as Librarian of Congress, Hayden reflects on her career, community, and the growing threats facing libraries.
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This is kidnapping wtf?! 😬

Sunday flowers 💐

Having to make some complicated decisions about my future. I’m equal parts excited and also incredibly sad. I am hopeful that things will work out for the best eventually and I will look back on this as the start of something amazing.