Clio H

Where the Red Fern Grows still makes me ugly cry.

In a weird way, serving jury duty this week has been extremely comforting - a reminder that even though many things are going to shit, some parts of the system are actually working the way they should. I really needed that.

My Driver’s Ed teacher was an alcoholic who drank on the job, including when he was supervising student drivers on public roads. All of the students knew this, but it didn’t occur to anyone that perhaps we should notify a parent or school admin.

Took the docent-led tour of @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social and wow. Just - wow.

#PubLibs #Libraries

Two hammered metal pendants shaped like hearts.

Three small metal pendants.

Took a jewelry making class this morning that was a lot of fun.

Turned on the “vintage” radio station and they were playing Nirvana. I kind of feel like I’ve been personally attacked.

So true!

Graphic showing 105 books and 34,851 pages read in 2025.

2025 #Reading with @thestorygraph.com. #BookSky 💙📚

Awesome.

Reading roundup showing 5 books read in November.

November reading roundup - definitely a slow month #reading. #booksky #thestorygraph

Do we even need libraries since everything’s on the internet?

Playbill for “Kinky Boots”

This should be fun.

October 2025 reading wrap-up with 8 books and 2,898 pages read, featuring a line graph of daily pages read.

October reading roundup from @thestorygraph.com #Booksky #reading 💙📚

Trying to understand what the hell my neighbors are doing that sounds like they’re throwing bowling balls down the stairs 🤔

2 people holding a playbill for “Suffs” and smiling.

Really looking forward to this one.

That was absolutely delightful. Great conversation, and have a new signed book for my collection. Thanks, @scalzi.com and @litquake.org!

Looking forward to seeing @scalzi.com tonight 🙂. I love author talks.

Hand holding a playbill for “& Juliet” in front of the stage.

That was all kinds of fun 🎭

#musicals

My spouse loved that one!

Book cover of Richard Osman’s “Thursday Murder Club,” showing four older adults seated around a wooden table in a cozy room.

I’m about halfway through “Thursday Murder Club” by Richard Osman. I don’t usually read mysteries, but am enjoying this one.

A digital graphic summarizing @cliohathaway's September 2025 reading stats: 5 books, 1,613 pages, mostly fiction, read digitally.

September #ReadingRoundup. It was a slow month. #BookSky #TheStorygraph

Book cover for Syou Ishida’s “We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat,” showing 2 cat heads poking out of a prescription bottle.

Just started Syou Ishida’s “We’ll Prescribe You Another Cat” (which is delightful so far).

A colorful, round pendant with a gold setting showcasing iridescent blues, greens, and purples.

Teardrop shaped pendant made with black glass with sparkly dichroic flakes.

Teardrop shaped fused glass pendant in multiple shades of green.

Wire-wrapped fused glass pendant.

Had a lot of fun with the kiln this weekend. #HandmadeJewelry #Glassart

Our PE teacher was put on leave for being drunk at work. When he came back, he taught Driver’s Ed - still drunk.

Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.

We don’t use CloudLibrary so I’m not positive, but I think it’s more like Libby than hoopla.

@heykellyjensen.bsky.social wrote a great article for Bookriot about hoopla and other ebook services a couple of months ago: bookriot.com/library-hoop...

Pickles is never off topic! One of my favorites since I was very young!

Completely agree with physical items and Libby, but please remember that each hoopla checkout costs your library between $0.99 and $4.99 (at least in CA), so it’s best to only get the things you actually want to use.

July 2025 reading summary showing 15 books, 4947 pages, average rating 5.0, and an 60% increase in pages read from June.

A reading wrap-up report featuring three pie charts and a bar chart showing July 2025 reading statistics

Having to spend several weeks recovering from a medical procedure kind of sucked, but damn did it make my July #ReadingRoundup impressive.

#BookSky #TheStorygraph 📚💙

Image of a quote by Toni Morrison surrounded by blue leaves on an abstract blue background. Transcribed Text: “How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.” Toni Morrison Paradise

“How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it.”

Toni Morrison
Paradise
#QuoteOfTheDay #Quotes #QuoteSky #BookQuotes 🩵📚