ladeda

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say. "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."

[yolaleah]

What an amazing day.

[nevver]

Resist

[bubblegum-tits]

What Ghosts are really trying to say. Just give them a chance.

[yolaleah]

My Halloween mix is pretty damn great. Not going to be humble about it. #sorrynotsorry

[yolaleah]

The song that is completely stuck in my head this morning. Pretty sure it was in my dream.

[yolaleah]

About three years ago, I posted to this blog that I was leaving the Northbrook Public Library to become a manager at the Ela Area Public Library . I have served as the Head of Popular Materials since...

I wrote a little something about taking the next step in my career. And if you’re interested, the job ad for my current position is here: http://eapl.org/about-us/employment Ela is an amazing library and I have learned SO MUCH in my position there. Check it out!

[yolaleah]

Three years ago I was sorted into Slytherin. Multiple times. #notevil #iswear 🐍

[no-thats-absurd]

[yolaleah]

Relevant. 

[punchthemoon-deactivated2020091]

Stranger Things ate my life and Nancy Wheeler licked the spoon.

[yolaleah]

All hail Nancy! Everyone I know on the internet is identifying with Barb but when I was a dumb teen, I was definitely a Nancy. Making choices and running into the night towards those choices, for better or worse. Justice for Barb, totally. But I'm glad to see Nancy getting some fandom love too.

[shawnphunters]

stranger things + hogwarts houses

[yolaleah]

Sigh. Guys. Eleven is OBVIOUSLY a Slytherin too. Sorry to bust your “All Slytherins are evil” bubble.

[yolaleah]

Started episode 6. This is officially my favorite show. #strangerthings

[yolaleah]

Re-uploading because I accidentally cut out Caitlin. This is a slow jam reading of Kevin Justie's emails. Kevin is the now retired assistant director of Morton Grove Public Library. His retirement party was one of the best celebrations of his work I can ever imagine. Happy retirement Kevin! (at Morton Grove Public Library)

[yolaleah]

I am obsesed with this album. It's like all my favorite bands got together and decided to record all my favorite Dead songs. Bonnie Prince Billy, Courtney Barnett, Phosphorescent...are you kidding me? #swoon

[yolaleah]

Kind of in love with this version, guys. #grateful

[yolaleah]

I wrote this on Twitter in response to something I read here. Just a bit of important advice. We’re a small community, we librarians. And it’s an amazing one. But if you think people aren’t reading what you write on your social networks, no matter how private you think it is? That’s naive. Don’t drag down your co-workers online. Just don’t. Find another way to deal with the issue.

[yolaleah]

We need to keep changing the attitude that values being confident, competitive, and ambitious in the workplace—unless you’re a woman. Then you’re being too bossy, and suddenly the very qualities you thought were necessary for success end up holding you back.

Barack Obama on feminism: http://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-exclusive-president-barack-obama-says-this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like?mbid=social_twitter_glamourmain

This is something I see frequently in libraries, specifically with women managers and directors but also for front-line staff.

[npr]

In an election year filled with anti-Muslim vitriol, some mosques are urging their worshipers to vote in an attempt to make their voices heard. To do so, they’re borrowing a strategy used by African-American churches and organizing “souls to the polls” campaigns.

Many mosques have traditionally shunned politics. As recently as the late 1990s, Muslim scholars were divided on the ethics of voting. For years, it was common for many Muslim-Americans to not exercise their voting rights. But this year, three of Nashville’s biggest mosques are busing worshipers to the polls. The organizers say this is more about demonstrating the importance of voting than providing transportation.

In A Turbulent Election Year, Mosques Organize En Masse Voting

Photo: Chas Sisk/Nashville Public Radio