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She Blinded Me With Library Science
@katebyroade.bsky.social
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Eldest daughter, Librarian, Episcopalian, Romance reader, storyteller, aspiring knitter, tea-drinker, dog lover. Ask me about the RuPocalypse. ALA Chapter Councilor
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Joined the big crowd at the Hands Off! protest in Hartford, CT today.
Drone photo taken of the crowd at the Connecticut state Capitol on April 5th. A person in a yellow rain poncho holding a sign reading Morons Are Governing America. Crowd scene at the Hartford, Connecticut protest, featuring a wordless sign with penguins on it. My sign for today’s protest. It reads Hands off libraries.
April 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Currently obsessed with penguin memes. 🐧
A parody of the Gadsden flag, a drawing of a penguin on a yellow background with the words “Don’t Tread on Me.”
April 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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A couple of days after the election I started a note called “I Told You So Bingo.” I just revisited it and I’m up to four X’s.

So much else has happened already that wasn’t on my radar at all.
Screen shot of the beginning of an iPhone note titled “I Told You So Bingo.”
March 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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I’m listening to the audiobook of _The Wager_ and it is gripping! The awfulness of 18th century scurvy, shipwreck, and mutiny is a compelling distraction on my commute.
Cover of The Wager by David Grann. The cover illustration features an 18th century sailing vessel swamped by a storm-tossed sea.
February 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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@jennalevine.bsky.social I need to know if Reggie is wearing a pink gingham skirt or if it’s a typo on page 10??? Just curious.
A photograph of text from My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine with the words “as well as a pink gingham skirt” underlined.
February 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Enjoyed tonight’s UConn game vs. Xavier.
Picture of the XL Hartford center’s UConn basketball court with players and crowd. Final score Xavier 27, UConn 81.
January 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I’ll take it!
Screenshot of the word dillydally.
January 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Even more adorable:
Cheerful dragon figurine Chimera (Tomb Figurine) Gray earthenware with slip coating and polychrome pigments China Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 9)
December 12, 2024 at 1:06 PM
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Behold the duck from the Art Institute of Chicago, who would make an amazing squishy!
Celadon-glazed Bird-Shaped Ewer with Daoist Priest Holding a Bowl, Korea, 12th Century
December 12, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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At last!
Quote from Exit, Pursued by a Baron, “He would never let her slip through his fingers again.”
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Hearing about this and Ukrainian children being stolen and placed in Russian homes reminds me how well Celeste Ng lays out the playbook in Our Missing Hearts.
The cover of the book Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng. It features a banded wild bird feather that transitions into a flock of flying birds against a bright shaded turquoise background.
December 4, 2024 at 5:08 AM
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Today we welcomed Kindergarteners to get their first library cards!
Children browsing picture books at the library. The three piggy opera puppet show’s protagonists. The pig puppets in performance in a puppet theater. Children sitting on the floor as librarians welcome them to the library. Three little pigs craft for Kindergarteners. A house, a choice of building materials, crayons, and a glue stick.
December 4, 2024 at 2:20 AM
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing you a happy holiday and a delicious meal!
A square table with Thanksgiving dinner dishes laid out. Turkey, rolls, pork, carrots & turnips, brandied carrots, Brussels sprouts with bacon, stuffing, corn casserole, potato casserole, green beans, mashed potatoes, gravy, and two kinds of cranberry sauce. A square table with Thanksgiving desserts laid out. Tiramisu cheesecake, pumpkin pie #1, spice cake, apple pie, grasshopper brownies, blueberry pie, nutmeg maple cream pie, and pumpkin pie #2.
November 28, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Apple pie, blueberry pie, two pumpkin pies, Nutmeg Maple Cream pie, grasshopper brownies, spice cake, and tiramisu cheesecake. A light year with only eight desserts.
November 28, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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Where are the dog pictures? I’m getting plenty of cats, but where are the doggos?
November 27, 2024 at 1:49 AM
katebyroade.bsky.social
Productive week so far.
1. Received our Family Place Libraries banner!
2. Overhauled our Circulation policies.
3. Resolved the Great Kindergarten Visit Impasse of 2024!
4. Made progress on our strategic plan.
5. Sat through an ILS vendor demo. Did not drool.
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 AM
katebyroade.bsky.social
I felt a little (very little!) earthquake in my office tonight! I thought the roof was going to cave in!
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you.

Quark
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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I’ve been wondering the same thing!

Here’s Mr. Darcy for you:
November 16, 2024 at 5:39 AM