Speaking of the importance of being surrounded by books from an early age…
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It’s Okay To Have Too Many Books, In Fact, It May Be Beneficial
After a lifetime as a reader, studying English in undergrad, working with book publishers and writers across two provinces, attending book & publishing conferences where advanced reading copies are given out freely, even hitting way too many charity book sales and garage sales in my life, I suspect I own roughly a thousand books. How […]
Fossilized Opal Dinosaur Tooth
Considering I barely passed Geology 101 with a 51% to get my undergrad science credit (whew!), I spend a lot of time these days thinking about dinosaurs, geologic time, and the makeup of our planet. I know we’re hardwired for it as a species but I also think a lot about how all humans (hi!) […]
Secular Sunday – The Scale of the Universe
Ricky Gervais is one of my favourite comics (and one of my favourite atheists too!)… (via Reddit)
Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Traditions (December 2007)
Feeling sentimental knowing we won’t have Christmas here this year, I was looking through my oldest photos for a picture of one of our first Christmases at our current house. Unfortunately, since we bought our house in 2004 and our first digital camera in 2006 (and all our old-school photo albums are in boxes somewhere), […]
Unfortunately, I Know I’d Be Easier To Catch Than The Road Runner!
I make the occasional run out to Indian Head and around the Qu’Appelle Valley and after my parents won a few free oil changes at the local car dealership and offered me one, I had an excuse for another road trip yesterday after I got the kids off to school. The free oil change turned […]
The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?
9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy. 🙂
A Taste of What The Public Library in a Village of 255 People Has To Offer…
Man, do I love small town libraries! And always great to see the amazing things happening across the regional system where I first worked after completing my MLIS 13 (!) years ago. Southeast Regional Library has a slogan “Not The Library You Remember” and though I think it’s mostly aimed at people who only remember […]