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Thankful

November 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Thankful List

Things for which I (Robin) am thankful, in no particular order of importance: Babies. Babies are the best. I have been supremely blessed by an abundance of babies in my social sphere this year, and for this I am truly thankful. Middle schoolers. I find them delightful. (Sometimes it surprises me, too.) Cats. My cats […]

November 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

What I’m Thankful For…. 2013 Version

  This past year has been an extremely hard one for me, personally and professionally. I’ve had a lot of death in my immediate family, and it seems like we’ve had one health crisis after another. I’ve taken charge of professional committees, my library director retired in May after decades with the library, and just […]

November 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

10 Things I am thankful for . . .

Today is a day of thanks, and I have plenty to give. I am thankful for . . . 1) The opportunity to get up every day and do what I love both as a teen services librarian and as a blogger. I know that I am inordinately blessed to have found myself doing exactly […]

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