Lemons and pies
If life gives you lemons, you can either get pucker-faced trying to drink the sour juice, or you can scrounge around for sugar and flour and bake a pie. I’m… Read more »
Category: Librarian
Why you should read to your child
(From a talk I gave several years ago. I apologize for the length.) When I was asked to come to speak about the importance of reading aloud to children, my… Read more »
Science fiction or fantasy?
It’s time to put on my librarian hat for a few minutes and clear the air about science fiction and fantasy. Because the sad truth is, many people don’t seem… Read more »
Betwixt and Between
Sometimes I feel like a fit in nowhere. Like I ‘m the poster child for the betwixt and between crew. I don’t mean with my family, of course. My family… Read more »
Differing views
Once upon a time, in a far away land called Redmond, I was a school librarian. As a school librarian I would often write reviews about the books that I… Read more »
No dialogue needed
I want to share a fun assignment from last month with you. The challenge was to write a visual scene in screenplay format where two characters are in an argument,… Read more »
Mistaken a-dewity
I’m reading this great book about Information Architecture right now. Not exactly light reading, but informative. It’s a well written book, with just enough humor to keep it from becoming… Read more »
Christy Tyson
Life certainly can throw a curveball. Every so often I have the desire to look up old friends or coworkers. Sometimes I want to reconnect, but other times I just… Read more »
Another book on a shelf
Don’t think me totally dorky, but I am so excited this morning. I found out that another public library is carrying one of my books! Look, before you laugh and… Read more »
An answer to a prayer
Today is my first day unemployed. I once wrote a short story with the moral “be careful what you ask for because you might get it.” Maybe, just maybe, I… Read more »