“The past is gone. Live for the future.” -Christine Choy
Rest in power
Rest in power
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“The past is gone. Live for the future.” -Christine Choy
Rest in power
Rest in power
“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” -Mark Twain
Maybe I should worry less about public libraries filling themselves to the brim with part-time workers who can’t afford the doubling or tripling of health insurance premiums and more about the impending climate collapse.
Maybe I should worry less about public libraries filling themselves to the brim with part-time workers who can’t afford the doubling or tripling of health insurance premiums and more about the impending climate collapse.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Worrying is like paying a debt you don’t owe.” -Mark Twain
Maybe I should worry less about public libraries filling themselves to the brim with part-time workers who can’t afford the doubling or tripling of health insurance premiums and more about the impending climate collapse.
Maybe I should worry less about public libraries filling themselves to the brim with part-time workers who can’t afford the doubling or tripling of health insurance premiums and more about the impending climate collapse.
TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2025
* Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
* Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
* There Is No Place For Us - Brian Goldstone
* On Tyranny-Graphic Edition - Timothy Snyder
* The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer
I gave 5 stars to one work of fiction this year, a novel published in 1995. lol
* Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
* Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
* There Is No Place For Us - Brian Goldstone
* On Tyranny-Graphic Edition - Timothy Snyder
* The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer
I gave 5 stars to one work of fiction this year, a novel published in 1995. lol
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TOP 5 BOOKS OF 2025
* Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
* Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
* There Is No Place For Us - Brian Goldstone
* On Tyranny-Graphic Edition - Timothy Snyder
* The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer
I gave 5 stars to one work of fiction this year, a novel published in 1995. lol
* Binding Chaos - Heather Marsh
* Wonder Boys - Michael Chabon
* There Is No Place For Us - Brian Goldstone
* On Tyranny-Graphic Edition - Timothy Snyder
* The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer
I gave 5 stars to one work of fiction this year, a novel published in 1995. lol
come for dr. john, stay for neil young’s thanksgiving snowball
The Last Waltz
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
come for dr. john, stay for neil young’s thanksgiving snowball
on a.i…"this won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of god's creation.”—the people’s pope
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
on a.i…"this won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of god's creation.”—the people’s pope
There’s countless versions of Carrickfergus and debate about where it came from. I like the Peter O’Toole origin story but this melody and structure is much older. He probably picked it up at a sleepy pub somewheres, added a little, and then passed it along like we do with songs.
Carrickfergus, by Laura Snowden
from the album This Changing Sky
laurasnowden.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There’s countless versions of Carrickfergus and debate about where it came from. I like the Peter O’Toole origin story but this melody and structure is much older. He probably picked it up at a sleepy pub somewheres, added a little, and then passed it along like we do with songs.
In search of 21st century FDR
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In search of 21st century FDR
MTV was cool. Long live #dexterromweber
Flat Duo Jets - Dexter Romweber Interview for MTV in 1985 Entrevista Legendada em Português
YouTube video by PaulaWilliams29
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November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
MTV was cool. Long live #dexterromweber
A library worker from my community was taken by immigration officials. My library responded by creating a whistle kit assembly line. We made over 700 in an hour.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A library worker from my community was taken by immigration officials. My library responded by creating a whistle kit assembly line. We made over 700 in an hour.
What the world needs now is love sweet love and a new tom waits album.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What the world needs now is love sweet love and a new tom waits album.
@durbin.senate.gov doesn’t know what time it is, let alone…
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
@durbin.senate.gov doesn’t know what time it is, let alone…
Chicago-motherfucker-can-you-speak-it?
Ellis begins by quoting from Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Chicago
Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Chicago-motherfucker-can-you-speak-it?
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
I’m pretty much always stoked on libraries but it’s programs like these that get me right in the feels. This is what a community library looks like when it meets the moment.
November 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m pretty much always stoked on libraries but it’s programs like these that get me right in the feels. This is what a community library looks like when it meets the moment.
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
October 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
Throw the collapse of Baker & Taylor on the pile with the other bad omens.
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Throw the collapse of Baker & Taylor on the pile with the other bad omens.
The limitations to speech we allow to be imposed on us now will impact our governance as surely as moats and mountains did in the past. -Heather Marsh.
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The limitations to speech we allow to be imposed on us now will impact our governance as surely as moats and mountains did in the past. -Heather Marsh.
The Birkenhead Drill dates back to the 18th century. In an emergency, save women and children first. Instead, the building’s on fire and we’re all inside. As with everything else, the opposite of what should happen, is happening. At what point do we stop sleeping and take the streets en masse?
August 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Birkenhead Drill dates back to the 18th century. In an emergency, save women and children first. Instead, the building’s on fire and we’re all inside. As with everything else, the opposite of what should happen, is happening. At what point do we stop sleeping and take the streets en masse?
“Every person has a right to belong to a society, except in extreme cases as complete shunning can be equivalent to a death sentence.”—Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
August 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Every person has a right to belong to a society, except in extreme cases as complete shunning can be equivalent to a death sentence.”—Heather Marsh, Binding Chaos
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Shunning is dehumanizing. Where we draw lines on extreme cases matters quite a bit because even a small dose of shunning is hurtful.
Prepare yourself for an emotional experience!
Mahler: Symphony nº 1, "Titan" - LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam
YouTube video by Lennyforever
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July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Prepare yourself for an emotional experience!
With Granny’s passing yesterday and what would be my dad’s 71st birthday tomorrow, I’m reflecting on what was and what could have been. I loved these people. Didn’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as I wanted. They were both makers. Granny loved textiles, Dad loved carpentry…and fishing!
July 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
With Granny’s passing yesterday and what would be my dad’s 71st birthday tomorrow, I’m reflecting on what was and what could have been. I loved these people. Didn’t get to spend nearly as much time with them as I wanted. They were both makers. Granny loved textiles, Dad loved carpentry…and fishing!