“I am SURE
that if the
MOTHERS of
various nations
could meet,
there would be
NO MORE
WARS…”

- E. M. Forster

Small-town politics is saying “I’m not going to vote for this man bc his wife was mean to me one time in high school.”

When I hear that a director wants the audience to “make up their own minds,” I figure the movie’s poorly written.

When ABBA said “if it wasn’t for the nights,” they were onto something.

Beaded Images of Disease Explore the Impact of Colonial Trade In her series Trading, Saskatchewan-based artist Ruth Cuthand creates a visual metaphor that outlines how early settler/Native relationships influenced First Nation people’s living conditions and well...

Beaded #sciart by Ruth Cuthand for Indigenous Peoples Day www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/05/ruth...

It’s upsetting to clearly communicate your needs while going through grief just to have them ignored.

Garbage have announced their new album, Let All That We Imagine Be the Light, set for release in May → cons.lv/HVmwkm

Not to flex, but it’s December 15th and I’m done Christmas shopping. This is the earliest ever.

Yes! Can’t even count the number of times admin and district admin have said, “You don’t have to read the whole book. Do excerpts.”

Just finished Chain-Gang All-Stars. Highly recommend! Little Rot, Remarkably Bright Creatures, and Fourth Wing are also on my top 2024 reads.

A blue 3D-printed bat is held in the palm of a hand

A 2-tier library display with red-and-white gingham tablecloths and 12 cookbooks. A sign saying “Hold on. Let me cook… and bake” is displayed.

Today in the library I finished a 3D-printed bat with movable parts and set-up a cookbook display.

Taco Bell brought back the caramel apple empanada ‼️

An overturned stick is held upright in an autumn forest and covered in mature Splitgill mushrooms, one stacked above the next, each of their gills radiating above the next

Here are some nice mushrooms

Two book club meetings in one day makes for a good Friday!

but you knew from the start it was us, didn't you?
it just took me a while till i knew

Donate to Support Nneka During Cancer Treatment, organized by Emily Hanlen Nneka Molokwu, one of the smartest, kindest, funniest people I know received devast… Emily Hanlen needs your support for Support Nneka During Cancer Treatment

I promise I’m not going to be constantly posting about the whole cancer thing, but figured it can’t hurt to share the fundraiser my coworker made to help offset treatment costs:

gofund.me/89e60255

it’s been three hours since I first shared it and I could cry looking at where it’s at so far

My coworker told me that 45 selected one of the M*ms for Li*erty founders as the dept of education secretary, and I almost fainted in the library.

I think this is the first year that I’ve met almost all of my New Year’s goals.

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback | CNN Business The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year. The plan marks a dramatic shift from when it closed...

Barnes & Noble is making a comeback: The world’s largest retail bookseller is expanding at a breakneck pace and is on track to reach its goal of more than 60 planned openings this year.