I changed jobs last year. My title, children's librarian, stayed the same - but much changed. I took a pay cut, moved to an area with a lower cost of living, and gained a better work-life balance. I left a library with advancement opportunities, great coworkers that I loved, and the resources of a larger … Continue reading Ambition and Librarianship
If you're my friend on Goodreads, you may have noticed that I haven't posted a review in months, but that doesn't mean that I'm not still reading! I've been reading well over 100 books a year since I started using Goodreads in 2018 after my colleagues from my internship at the Library of Congress encouraged … Continue reading Goodbye, Goodreads?
Writing my year-in-review post is always one of my favorite things to do in December, it's a great way to look back at what I've blogged, what I've read, and what I've been up to. Of course 2022 got off to a roaring start a few days early when I started my full time job … Continue reading 2022 in Review: A Job, Books, and More!
I've long loved to write, and I've long had a problem with buying too many aesthetically pleasing notebooks. When I was in middle school, it was hard for me to leave Target without a notebook that inevitably would end up half filled with fictional ramblings under my bed. As I've gotten older and gotten into … Continue reading Writing in Style: Stationery Tour
I have spent countless hours on I-70 traveling east and west through Kansas with the most miles traveled between Exit 76 at Oakley and Exit 303 leading to Manhattan during my undergrad years. I loved to set my cruise control at 80 and turn up country radio, pop on a podcast, or often I listened … Continue reading Life is a Highway: A Look at America’s Interstates in “Divided Highways”
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