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As the world continues to feel the impact of covid, and we reach the two-year marker of this cataclysm, I keep returning to trusted...

Dec 27, 2021

Among the many other things going on this year, this summer has been a whirlwind of college tours. My daughter will be a senior in high...

Aug 28, 2021

Last weekend we gathered at my Mom’s gravesite for a private, informal memorial. Our group consisted of my family, my sister’s family,...

Jul 31, 2021

I recently started a new job, and now every day as I head to work, I drive by the house on W. Washington Ave. where many years ago my Mom...

Jun 30, 2021

This spring I have spent a lot of time on the Huntington Library website as a way to distract myself from the continued cataclysm we are...

May 31, 2021

Two years ago this month I was poring over the American Players Theatre (APT) schedule for the 2019 season. APT is the professional...

Apr 17, 2021

The academic library and information world, and its orbit of disciplines that I follow and/or work in—digital libraries, book history,...

Mar 27, 2021

Late last year, amid all the wretchedness of pandemic and politics, I was searching for some kind of creative release in the new year. I...

Feb 27, 2021

One year when my husband and I were first married and living in Boston, we discovered a huge warehouse of books called the New England...

Jan 28, 2021