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Imperfection Journal writing since I was a beanpole of a pre-teen gave me a way to say the most horrible and ridiculous things at that tart age. At 24 my journal entries revealed a messiness, at 34 there was still messiness but a glimmer of clarity, and now, well I can say that the boat…

Just kidding. I know exactly why they aren't: because there is pitiful nutritional value. As I round the end of my fourth decade on this good green-and-blue earth, I consider my relationship to food. For some of us, it's a mechanical process that is necessary by dint of our stomach rumbling and once we're done…

In 2012 I ambivalently nudged myself inside the door of a yoga class. At the time I lived in an apartment complex that was just blocks away from the studio. (This apartment appeared to be named after seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, as an interesting aside!). As a kid in jazz and ballet, watching other…

The library has a lot of resources for you, dear patron, and we want you to use them as much as you like. LPLks.org Resources  Understand what's "under the hood" and maybe even attempt to fix that loud-clanging that you currently ignore by turning up the music (sounds oddly specific, right?): Auto Repair Source. Discover…

Atlas: a collection of maps. It grants the viewer a representation of surrounding terrain, informing decisions and supporting a person's confidence to act. (This last part is my definition.) Brene Brown's Atlas of the Heart appeared overly ambitious. Although her previous work is impressive and hugely popular, how could she possibly find a way to…

Once you really understand something to be true, there is no placing the butterfly back in its cocoon, or cat in the bag, or potato in the potato can (now you have a sense of my dietary preferences). The more time I spend on this precious green and blue sphere, the less the compulsion to question…

Theresa in Info Services explores the ease and expertise of Medline Plus, an online resource of the US National Library of Medicine.

Sunshine splashes the surfaces of our walls, carpet floors, and desk that is the ASK desk, creating rainbows in unexpected places. It makes me wonder if, when the architects drew up their blueprints for the space, they knew how good it would feel to be on the receiving end of that vision. Some days, like…

"It's still magic even if you know how it's done." -Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky I wasn’t a fan of “technology" for my twenties and most of my thirties. It struck me as annoying and more frequently interfered with my relaxation response (it’s a thing!). In the mid-2000s, it wasn’t required or even…