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I didn’t know what a hosta was until I was in my mid-20’s. My hosta ignorance made the B Dalton’s customer I was attempting to help rather hostile. She couldn’t quite believe I didn’t understand her question about where to find the hosta books (was “hosta” the author?) No, I wasn’t mocking or gaslighting her–I…
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Yesterday was my Half Birthday. Yay? I don’t usually celebrate my Half Birthdays, which maybe is a missed opportunity since I make such a to-do out of my birthday proper. Or perhaps I am so all in on my actual birthdays that I get it mostly out of my system. But this year was a…
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Our dog StanLee is adorable and sweet and lovable. He can also be a complete asshole. Chad and I know this, but we were still almost in tears when we recently had a bad “parent-teachers conference” with his doggy daycare. (We do not blame the teacher for saying this–she wasn’t mean or rude, just keeping…
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For the second installment of my Frog and Toad Blog Challenge, I will “dive” into the story, A Swim (yes, I went there). It’s a wonderfully weird little story. Toad is self-conscious about others seeing him in his “bathing” suit (Frog swims naked) and of course that results in a bunch of animals wanting to…
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I love reading the “story for all ages” for our church services (in-person and now virtual) so always do it when I have the opportunity. It lets me relive my storytime days as a youth services librarian in a low-effort way. Finding a picture book that fits the theme can be tricky, though. For my…
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Renewal. I immediately think of that word in a library context. Renewing books (and other materials) is big in the library world. It’s important to patrons (and they can get a little testy about it) and it’s been important to me as a patron, too. I’ve been thinking about “renewal” because our church recently started…
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I am feeling optimistic about the future of our country. This feels like a bold and potentially controversial statement. I could qualify the hell out of it, but I’m going to resist that urge except to say that I do realize I probably get to be optimistic because of my privilege. But as I said…
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Chad considers this a perfectly prepared frozen pizza: Yes, this is by any notion of objective reality that we can hope to discern as mortal beings, burnt. Chad agrees that the pizza is burnt, he just considers the burtness a feature, not a bug. My primary motivation for sharing this photographic evidence is because most…
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I’ve never claimed to be a meteorologist, but I think thunder doesn’t only happen when it’s raining. So just a moment, let me Google that…I’ll be right back. [Virtual hold music…] It doesn’t. There can be thunder without rain, at least according to the cursory search I just did. Yes, the search was half-assed and…
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“Luedtke has been with the Hennepin County Library system for more than two decades” Description of me from a local television interview I’m proud that I’ve been a librarian with Hennepin County Library for over twenty years (my 21st anniversary is in September) and I feel extremely fortunate to have the job I do. Still,…
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