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Throwback Thursday – RPL Outreach Unit “Book Club for the Blind & Visually Impaired”

It was a highlight of my young career as a librarian to get to spend a year and a half working in RPL’s Outreach Unit serving visually impaired,

Friday Fun Link – 21 Better Facebook Birthday Messages

I’m truly fascinated by the phenomena of Facebook birthday messages. Uh, happy birthday to me!

Music Monday – “Ouzo!”

I remember seeing the New Zealand band, Hobnail Boots (now known as “Hobnail“) when they played the Ness Creek Festival during a cross-Canada tour, maybe in the mid-1990’s?

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Summer Reading Program (July 17, 2009)

The TD Summer Reading Program is once again in full swing at libraries across Canada. Here’s a pic of Pace and I with one of the entertainers (Walden

10 Years Ago Today – Remembering My Eulogy for Grandma Hammond

A cousin’s Facebook post reminded me that today marks ten years since my Grandma Hammond passed away. It’s hard to believe how quickly time has flown! I had

A Few Random Thoughts on Pace’s Final Day of Grade One

At the beginning of the year, the teacher said that any kid who read 300 books would get a prize at the end of the year. Pace ended

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Full Circle (November 2007)

This is a picture of me sitting at the circulation desk of the Indian Head branch library that I grew up with and ended up as supervisor for

In One Or Two Sentences, Why Are You An Atheist?

Recently Reddit’s /r/atheism sub-reddit had a question asking users for a one or two sentence explanation for why they’re atheists. I’ve got a lot of reasons but my

Feels Like A Pretty Monumental Day

Shea and I finally dropped our landline and will only be using our smartphones going forward. Some risks and downsides of course but overall, we were basically paying

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