Natalie

Public libraries are one of the very best things this country does. Restore IMLS. #fundlibraries

And I canceled my subscription.

Notes from the brink: in college, around the year 2000, I decided I would be the sort of person who made all of my own clothes. I didn’t know how but got an old necchi machine and taught myself and now I have a yellow dress with bandana-wearing owls and six pockets on it. Live your dreams.

Say it again. Nolite Te Bastardes Carborundorum.

Everything’s gonna be.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Anita.

Rewatching a whole lot of Star Wars at my house to cope 😆

This weekend we had a hankering for classic episodes of the Simpsons but I refuse to subscribe to yet another streaming service. Fortunately the local public library (yes, mine, lol) lends Roku sticks logged in and ready to go. We borrowed the Disney+ stick. 🙌 #libraries

100%! My mom read to me every night and my grandma recorded herself reading the Twits by Roald Dahl so I could hear her voice and follow along in the book even though we lived far away. The benefit to children being read to is immeasurable

Spend the entire day without spending money and take home a bunch of free resources if you fancy. Join a free event and don’t be lonely and isolated at home. Amazing institution that would never happen again if they didn’t already exist.

My favorite Christmas movies are as follows:
1. Space station 76
2. Alien
3. Prometheus

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My library started passport services earlier this year and it has been so popular with families! One of many benefits for a community.

Accurate 👏👏👏 I’m a librarian so I know. I have worked with a lot of folks who’ve had strokes or brain injuries and can’t follow text on a page anymore but love audiobooks and being read to. Many of us learned to read that way. Not to mention the oral tradition of storytelling.

Has anyone else listened to Androgynous by the Replacements recently? That shit was 1983. Imagine seeing that performed at the CC club back then. This is not new.

Stumbling into my mid-forties, or leaning in? Either way, grateful for another year doing what I love, even if that’s probably going to be harder in 2025.

Post you from a different era

At the risk of
Over generalizing about gender (and not all men and all that so don’t come for me) but have any women in leadership positions added up the amount of time you have wasted by men who are late for every meeting? I’m looking back at just the last two weeks to turn it into dollars 💸

Absolutely loving you as the hype man for all the accounts I wanna follow 🤩

Just checking on the algorithm: how many other weird little girls grew up on a steady diet of Stephen King and are now weird little librarians?

No reason but, when you object to the release of an ethics report about somebody, is that kind of like admitting you’re also up to no good? 😒

Eagerly anticipating my hold on “Fever in the Heartland” by Timothy Egan to come in. Just started listening to “We Burn Daylight” by Bret Anthony Johnston. When shit gets bleak, I read bleaker. Give me your dark days ahead recommendations please. No kissing. #books

Then go on and use your library. Get a card if you don’t have one, go to a library program and meet other people in your community, borrow a sewing machine, sit in a cozy spot and read.

I mean, they have been under constant attack and it’s just going to get worse. If you’re feeling extra supportive, donate to a library in a less affluent area. There’s no telling what will happen to what little IMLS funding they get.

Is going to be really important really soon. Libraries will be under constant attack over the next few years and may be the only thing that can save us.

Looking for a low cost way to make a huge impact? Look up your local library’s friends group and join. It’s probably less than $20, you’ll get really sweet emails, and you’ll provide enough support to help keep libraries providing essential services and supporting your community, which

Judith beheading Holofernes, a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi. With the caption "Your body, my ch-"

Mothers, teach your daughters about Judith beheading Holofernes.
#themoreyouknow