Current mood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rx0512ooE Anyone else feeling this way? Usually at this point in Spring Break, I'm starting to feel as though it might be time to go back to work.  I miss my colleagues and students, and wonderful as my cats are they simply do not care that I've just read a great book (nor do they…

Maybe it’s just me

I tend to find words and grammar interesting.  It might be because my uncle was a sociolinguist, it might just be because I'm an odd duck.  But the following amused me and I hope it amuses you, too: https://twitter.com/aravis/status/1072202517780590593?s=12 (thanks to my sixth grade teacher, this actually makes sense) Of course, that led to And…

What really matters when reading

I've written before about why there's a problem with reading levels and lexiles.  We all know, sadly, that they're still a thing, despite authors and librarians pleas: https://twitter.com/kelleemoye/status/1199388647470043145 I've read so many books that are published with a recommended age, or grade, and I know that those are more a marketing thing from publishers and…

Minor Musings

It's been well over a year since my last one of these. Let's see what I've found since then.  For many schools in the Northeast, there's the approaching Spring Break in which to explore.  And yes, there's more to follow. Books, Reading, etc. This is so cool: an app for the Canterbury Tales, in part…

When you’re the boss…

Last week the other librarians and I had a real case of the Friday's.  I'd been a little inspired by Sara at Thayer, but then I saw this twitter thread and, well... to help us get over our Friday's, I thought it might help for us to create the following:   DISCLAIMER: We are not…

Not a fan

There are words that we, in polite society, don't say.  Some of those words have been claimed, or reclaimed, by the group intended to be insulted by that word (eg, queer).  And some are supposed to be used only "in group". I raise this because one of our popular databases here is the online OED. …