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Physiquality blog: Tips for a stronger body and a better golf game

I have recently returned to golf after a 15-year absence, somewhat voluntarily. My son is getting older and more capable of the attention span a 9-hole round requires, and given our never-ending pandemic, we wanted something that all three of us could do together outdoors that’s more strenuous than walking Read more…

By admin, 5 days5 days ago
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Learning as a librarian: Teaching information literacy from a distance, take two

Last year, I was preparing to teach my first class in twenty years. I prepped my slides and discussed the in-person presentation with my boss. I was anxious, but didn’t realize a pandemic would completely shift how I had to teach my one-shot session – I had to teach via Read more…

By admin, 1 week1 week ago
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Learning as a librarian: Weeding, censorship, and cancel culture

Libraries and publishers have been in the news again as arbiters of cancel culture and censorship after the foundation that publishes the books of Dr. Seuss decided not to continue to publish six of his books. The foundation had determined that images of some minorities in these books are “hurtful Read more…

By admin, 3 weeks1 week ago
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Physiquality blog: Healthy aging into retirement

Not to be bleak or anything, but nothing makes you think more about your mortality and your finances when coping with the death of a parent. Over the last few months, I’ve insisted that I know more about my remaining parent’s financial situation while also examining our own fiscal positions Read more…

By admin, 1 month1 month ago
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Learning as a librarian: (Pleasure) books for librarians

As we approach one year under our strange conditions, I find I’m weary. Of staying at home. Of juggling grad school and parenting and an internship and other work. And I’m tired of being tired. For a long time, I didn’t have the attention span for novels. My son was Read more…

By admin, 2 months4 weeks ago

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recent ramblings
  • Physiquality blog: Tips for a stronger body and a better golf game April 14, 2021
  • Learning as a librarian: Teaching information literacy from a distance, take two April 9, 2021
  • Learning as a librarian: Weeding, censorship, and cancel culture March 31, 2021
  • Physiquality blog: Healthy aging into retirement March 15, 2021
  • Learning as a librarian: (Pleasure) books for librarians February 25, 2021
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