“With this new version of me in mind, I said yes to unfamiliar things, even if it made me deeply uncomfortable… I faked being the the kind of person who could enjoy her life, until… I realized I was a person who could enjoy her life.”
—Tara Schuster, Buy Yourself the F*cking Lillies
Nobody:
Me, on Christmas: Is Iron Chef Morimoto still alive?
“For a long time, ‘weight loss’ formed my entire conception of my body. Either I was small enough (and always getting smaller), or I was a disappointment.”
Finally starting A Physical Education: How I Escaped Diet Culture and Gained the Power of Lifting by Casey Johnston and OMG.
Only in WNY does a Sunday yoga class end with “Namaste… and go Bills!”
I hate, hate, hate Food for Fines.
All my outfits do this.
Sometimes you see a cow and you’re like “oh look a cow” and that’s kinda nice
“This is more of a comment than a question…”
💯
“If you live off a man's compliments, you'll die from his criticism.”
—Cornelius Lindsey
Wellness Check In any moment, On any given day, I can measure My wellness By this question: Is my attention on loving, Or is my attention on Who isn’t loving me?
From ‘You Better Be Lightning’ (2023)
—Andrea Gibson
#poetry #poem #booksky
Airports should sell sweatpants.
“What you say to yourself is the loudest thing you're ever going to hear. So make sure it's helping you and not hurting you.”
—Christine D'Ercole; Hit Play Not Pause podcast; July 9, 2025
“We are all governed by chance.”
—Omar El Akkad; One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
“It takes no exaggeration to say that we have expended far more effort as a people to guard against the violence of shoe bombs (total body count: zero) than the scourge of gun violence, which on average kills more than 125 Americans every day.”
“And you know what? A bitch is down / But you know a bitch don't stay down for long.”
—Lizzo, Crashout
My summer mantra 😂
Yup! ALA Midwinter in Philly! 😀
PreK Student, leaning in real close: Can I tell you something? What if it rained chemicals and everyone caught fire?
That book!!!! So so so so so so good!!!
I will never understand why the frozen yogurt scene petered out so much. I love that shit.
How about some neutral-leaning-good news?
Brooklyn Public Library is making funding available for libraries across the US who want to develop freedom to read programming for young people. It's open to any library, with a note that small and rural libraries are especially encouraged to apply.
Today’s Lunch / Quiet Time read alouds
Today’s Lunch / Quiet Time read alouds
Books I shared during quiet time today… one student had me read Jabari Jumps four times! 🩷
“I have cast myself in a role: woman being normal.”
—Geraldine Brooks, Memorial Days
I think the last sentence here is what really, really needs to keep being hammered home. Librarianship isn't about machines. It's about PEOPLE. Do you use machines? Sure. Do you program machines? Sure. Do you make machines easier to use and navigate? Sure.
All of that is for PEOPLE, though.
Interview on Circulating Ideas Podcast about “Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers”
I had the pleasure of joining Steve Thomas on his podcast, Circulating Ideas, a couple of weeks ago to discuss my latest book, Well-Being in the Library Workplace: A Handbook for Managers.…
