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The boy's name Cassidy \c(a)-ssi-dy\, also used as girl's name Cassidy. It is of Irish, Welsh and Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "curly-headed; ingenious, clever". Librarian. Movies. Sock animals. Political outbursts. Story times. "Kid, the next time I say, "Let's go someplace like Bolivia," LET'S GO someplace like Bolivia!" - Butch cassidy and the sundance kid

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What I’ve Been Reading – 5/12/2025

Fleet of ships in San Francisco Bay from Nob Hill (1908) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library Marie Tharp: Mapping the Ocean Floor | Library of Congress Bud Barton on Bringing Library of Congress IT Up to Date | Library Journal Library of Congress Looks to AI to Help Users Sift Through Its Collections | Wall Street Journal The Original Xbox’s Ambient Audio…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 5/5/2025

Ferry Building from San Francisco Bay (1906) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library A Cheese by Any Other Name: The Legal Challenge over “Gruyere” | Law Library of Congress Jamie Raskin’s Year of Grief and Purpose | Washington Post Bots on the Books: Community Colleges Find Fake Students | Government Technology Can you Legally Import a Toucan? No, you…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 4/28/2025

Ferry Building lit up at night during Fleet Week (1908) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library WEDDINGS: VOW; Susan Orlean, John Gillespie Jr. | The New York Times Potatoes: Such an Exemplary Vegetable | Library of Congress Road Trip Through Appalachia: What I ate and learned along Route 11 | National Endowment for the Humanities When Women Leaders Leave, the…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 4/21/2025

Dutch windmill in Golden Gate Park (1905) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library Can the Capitol hold a much bigger House? Yes, here’s how it would look. | Washington Post Alessandro Piccolomini: Guide to the Stars | Library of Congress Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death | Law Library of Congress What Should You Do When the…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 4/14/2025

Palace Hotel and Market Street lit up at night on Admission Day (1910) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library Talavera Ceramics: At the Intersection of Art, History, and Law in Mexico | Law Library of Congress “Cool Off With Coffee”: Promoting Iced Coffee in Mid-Century America | Library of Congress 5 National Park Destinations That Aren’t Parks | The New York…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 4/7/2025

Stanford Angel of Grief statue after earthquake (1906) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library The Best Relationship Advice We’ve Gotten So Far This Year | The New York Times After 20 years as Senate chaplain, Barry Black still speaks ‘truth to power | Washington Post Brazil Found the Last Survivors of an Amazon Tribe. Now What? | The New York Times What Is It…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 3/31/2025

Sunset Café and Bakery with separate doors for ladies and gents | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library Former employees say Smithsonian resisted action on human remains | Washington Post Anderson Cooper’s Newest Assignment: Grief (His Own) | The New York Times Congressman gets attention by cooking for colleagues in 1930 | Houma Today Late at night on a…

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What I’ve Been Reading – 3/24/2025

Stow Lake with Sweeney Observatory in background (1904) | Marilyn Blaisdell Photograph Collection – San Francisco Public Library I Miss Radio | The Bittersweet Weekly Woman, 100, has journaled every day for 90 years: ‘No excuse for me not to’ | Washington Post Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix That. | The New York Times Coffee: “America’s Necessary Drink” |…

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What I've Been Reading - 11/25/2024

Pumpkins in Goleta (1890s) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library Nunn, Budzinski offer a signature brew in beer contest | Roll Call Members of Congress croon like Frank Sinatra, bust loose like Chuck Brown | Roll Call The Friendship Paradox | The Atlantic Ina Garten’s Paris: Where to Eat, Drink, and Shop Like the Barefoot Contessa | Food & Wine Have a good week!

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Summer Fun 2024 List

Ethiopian food with CO and MM. Bake something for the Arlington County Fair. Reorganize the blog tags and categories in this space. Finish reading the Kinsey Millhone series. Bake a pie. Visit a state park. Visit the shore. Catch-up on the Welcome to Night Vale podcast. Celebrate: KW’s baby, KM’s birthday, Participate in 2 Bunion Derby races. Watch some Olympics coverage. Go to a…

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What I've Been Reading - 5/20/2024

Santa Barbara Public Library | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library Explore the World of Willa Cather in Her Nebraska Hometown | Smithsonian Magazine ‘Incredibly exciting’: George Washington’s Mount Vernon uncovers jars of 200-year-old cherries | WTOP The Mom Stays in the Picture | Huffpost When Did Everything Become a ‘Journey’? | The New York Times The Constant Work…

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What I've Been Reading - 5/13/2024

Santa Barbara Public Library Children’s Area (1942) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library How Your Pantry Looks Says a Lot About Who You Are | Food & Wine The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water | Route Fifty Thwarted cyberattack targeted Library of Congress in tandem with October British Library breach | NextGov FCW Arkansas’s new statues at the U.S.…

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What I've Been Reading - 5/6/2024

San Miguel Island (1946) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library The Rick Steves Guide to Life | Washington Post Widowed Before 40 and Coping With the Financial Consequences | The New York Times The Era of One-Stop Grocery Shopping Is Over | Wall Street Journal A new chapter in the history of New York street-style photography | Washington Post On Self-Respect: Joan…

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What I've Been Reading - 9/5/2023

Have a good week!

Santa Barbara Public Library Main Reading Room (1945) | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library Learn About the Magic of Mary Blair, an Illustrator Who Helped Define Early Disney Films | My Modern Met Y’all: the Most Inclusive of All Pronouns | The New York Times Magazine I Don’t Need My Life to Be Remarkable | The New York Times Ada Limón Is Named the Next Poet Laureate |…

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What I've Been Reading - 12/12/2022

What I’ve Been Reading – 12/12/2022

Waterworks Tunnel for Gibraltar Dam Project | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library A Brief History of Dumplings | Open Culture The Incendiary History of San Francisco’s Cliff House | Laughing Squid Why New Brunswick, New Jersey’s House Show Scene is So Iconic | Alt Press Have a good week!

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What I've Been Reading - 9/5/2022

What I’ve Been Reading – 9/5/2022

Santa Barbara Public Library Bookmobiles | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library Fire Island Is a Surprisingly Faithful Jane Austen Adaptation (Albeit With More Poppers) | SlateA Chef Who Offered Chinese Food in Spanish | The New YorkerDriven | Gabriella GageApparently the Brontës all died so early because they spent their lives drinking graveyard water. | LithubWhy the…

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What I've Been Reading - 8/29/2022

What I’ve Been Reading – 8/29/2022

Santa Barbara Public Library Staff | Edson Smith Photo Collection – Santa Barbara Public Library Staff show off changes to new community library space and programs | Coastal View NewsWhere the Crawdads Sing: Why Author Delia Owens is Wanted for Questioning in a Real Life Killing | Vanity FairCamille Herron on Racing Through Her Period | Runner’s WorldIt’s been a hard time for librarians. Enter…

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