I get a fair amount of emails from people who want to know more about being a librarian. I think many people consider it an ideal job and wonder 1) how you get there and 2) what it’s really like. I am absolutely not an expert and I only spent a single year as a practicing librarian, but I’ll tell…
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What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
A collection of thoughtful, brilliant essays by Malcolm Gladwell, What the Dog Saw is just my kind of non-fiction. It should come as no surprise that I loved this book. This was the first book I read for my bookclub upon returning to Texas and I’d read the essay about ketchup v. mustard just before my family arrived for Ella’s…
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Indulgence
Back in March, some of our friends went on a little camping trip. We weren’t brave enough to spend the night (also, we sold or gave away all our camping gear in Boston, so that was a problem too). But we hate to miss out on fun, so we went up to the campgrounds and joined everyone for dinner and…
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Sometimes the Grass on This Side Looks Just Fine
Look, I read those big city mommy blogs, and I feel all amazed by how cool their lives are, what with the popping in to nifty cafes every afternoon for lunch or maybe for a weekend brunch (you know what I’m really thinking is “where is all this money for eating out COMING FROM? Must get 10,000 new readers this…
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Bitter End by Jennifer Brown
Oh, there is nothing like the disappointment of looking forward to a book for months and then having it not quite live up to your expectations, is there? (Wait, there is disappointment worse than that? Do not tell me of such things). And there is nothing to do after the fact but write way too much about my thoughts. I…
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