Today, I had to tell two of my 14-year-olds they had to leave the library because we were closing. One boy responded. "Why does something so good have to close?" He also said, "This is the only place I can be myself." Isn't that cool ( Read more... )

I Just want to wish a happy Easter or Passover to all who celebrate, and happy spring to everyone else. I'd also like to share a video I just posted to the library youtube channel. This is a very talented family doing dances from South America. The boys are regulars at my programs. Enjoy!

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My sister, deirdrej and her colleague have a minicast up of the baby chicks they raised in the library. It's the cutest thing ever! Note: I tried to embed the podcast, but it wouldn't work, so here is the link. http://minicasts.podomatic.com/play/1014997/4171162

Here's a poem I drafted in the journaling workshop I held today at the library ( Read more... )

My sister had a wonderful program at her library yesterday, and, since I got off work early, I got to film a little of it. Here is the result.

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Just want to set this one down before I forget it. Several of my regular patrons came into the teen room this p.m. One boy (about 14 or 15) pulled another boy's phone out. He had one of those phone decorations on it that are so common in Asia ( Read more... )

Just a quickie - we had four Wizard Rock bands at the library today, AND several of my teens from film club came to film the concert! Cool! The kids did a great job, and the concert went really well, too (Deirdre and I were singing, in about the middle. Terribly scary when we first started, but then lots of fun.) The bands were the Hungarian ( Read more... )