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November 29, 2015 by Heather Booth

Sunday Reflections: My NaNoWriMo Month

It’s official: I just validated my word count and am now a 2015 NaNoWriMo winner. And you know what? It was hard. Especially this time of year, when the holidays are ramping up and my kids were getting sick and my work schedule got all wonky. But I did it. And after validating my novel, I realized […]

November 8, 2015 by Heather Booth

Sunday Reflections: Flex time

It’s Sunday and my family is at my nephew’s first birthday party without me. I’m at work. When the library closes and my family goes home full of cake and baby snuggles, I’m going to the coffee shop down the street, where three or four teens will be waiting for me. I’ll treat them to […]

March 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The Myth of Not Enough

The other day, a librarian I really respect was musing on Twitter that she wasn’t doing enough for the profession.  I was so surprised to hear that because I always think of her as super active and doing really great things for her community.  When do you know that you’re doing enough? Are we ever […]

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