I was surprised a few weeks’ back by some titles in my new-to-me Library (I started at the beginning of 2025 but the Library’s been there for decades).
The series is Shakespeare plus modern settings (Star Wars, etc). An interesting find.
This coming Tuesday I’ll be heading to a local school’s production of Twelfth Night… but in a 1980s musical mashup style.
Should be… interesting! I’ll tell you all about it next week. Until then, have a lovely week too dear Reader!
KRidwyn
I’ve read lots this year, averaging just over two per week, and a couple recently have really quite surprised me with how good they are.
So: two recommendations today, if you’re after titles which tweens / teens might like – even boys!
Enjoy! And have a week full of lovely surprises yourself too, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
One of the best things about being a school librarian? Buying books you love so you can share them with your students!
And at my new school, they hadn’t yet discovered the pleasures of SA.Patrick’s ‘Songs of Magic’ series. So I was very happy to introduce them to Patch, Wren and Barver, and the adventures they have… only to discover during the purchasing process that there’s a third book and now I get to enjoy reading them again, with the third book to add to the enjoyment!
Yay my life!!!
Have a wonderful-discovery-type-week yourself, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
I’m getting ideas for new furniture in my library. A colleague has these, and they’re comfier than they look! What do you think?
Hubby also finally collected his new car – 3 weeks after he was expecting to! I think he likes it – and the doggos in the back are pretty darn cute too!
And with my brother in the country, it was family pic day today.
Yes, Kiya is one of the family!
Have an amazing, photo-worthy week yourself, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
I’m getting idea for new furniture in my library. A colleague has these, and they’re comfier than they look! What do you think?
Hubby also finally collected his new car – 3 weeks after he was expecting to! I think he likes it – and the doggos in the back are pretty darn cute too!
And with my brother in the country, it was family pic day today.
Yes, Kiya is one of the family!
Have an amazing, photo-worthy week yourself, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
Something I’m enjoying about being back in the library again, is recommending books and book series to my patrons, be they Year 12s or Preppies. And I’ve recommended several books to staff members too, over the past few weeks!
And seeing as I’m trying to recommend books from a collection I’m unfamiliar with, it behooves me to get my speed-reader on, and get familiar with it!
And a title I was rather impressed by, the last week: Cinder, book 1 of The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer.
Think Cinderella with a slice of James Cameron’s Alita and set several centuries into Earth’s future. And Cinderella doesn’t lose just her shoe, but her whole foot (did I mention she’s a cyborg?)… I also felt there were hints of Jay Kristofer’s Lifelike series in there too.
An interesting read; I’m hoping the rest of the series lives up to the premise!
And until next week, happy reading yourself, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
It’s Saturday morning, and we’ve finished Week 4 of term. Nearly half-way there! And I feel like I’m starting to emerge from the ‘head-down-bum-up’ non-stop ‘doing the work’ that’s been my life this year.
Take a breath.
Look around.
Take a second breath – because I can.
It certainly has been a busy start to the year. The line between important and urgent, work and home has been blurred, and I’ve made more mistakes than I’d like to think about… but praise God for sustaining me to reach this morning, this day, this weekend!
A day in which to reconsider priorities, rather than just paddle, paddle, paddle furiously like that duck who seems to be swimming serenely but underneath the surface, the legs are flailing relentlessly.
And this is where I’m thinking I’ll start. This post, which came across my feed the other week, and had me thinking about the spectrum of ‘focus’ to ‘scattered mindset’:
You see, when there’s multiple things pulling at your attention, it’s easy to do the ‘fun’ thing. To mix the ‘important’ with the ‘urgent’ and focus on the wrong thing. To allow distractions to take over, to move you off course. Or maybe that’s just me?
So today, this morning? A reset. A chance to sit back and look. And think. And re-prioritise. Circle those 5 things and – more importantly – identify those 20 distractions.
Here’s hoping for quite a lot more clarity by the end of it! And for you too as well, dear Reader!
KRidwyn
I love functional things. It comes from being an organiser, I guess. But as I age, I’ve discovered that I like also making time – and spending money – on things that make me happy, too.
I spent a few hours yesterday in at work, starting to set up my office. The furniture arrived Friday, so I was super-stoked about that! And knowing I wouldn’t get time during the coming work week, I unimpressed Hubby and went in to school… but as I was working out what should I go where, I also thought about my new revelation – making room in my life for things that make me feel happy, just because they do.
Hence my Flareon, gracing the corner of my desk:
And I also saw this cutie online. And it made me smile 🙂
Have a smile-y week yourself, dear Reader!
-KRidwyn
I was blessed, Monday just gone, to listen to a couple of AMAZING speakers at my new workplace’s staff retreat. Now I’m not one of those people who points her phone at, and takes photos of, a speaker’s screen… but this week, I did.
This one because it’s kinda funny (and true of not just Gen Alpha!):
But this one because it’s really indicative of how society is changing, and the trajectory of this change. It’s not difficult to predict what will be next, yes?
Anyway, these are some thoughts I’ve been pondering over the past week. How my generation influences others… and how they will influence others on turn. No wonder God says to “teach your children” (intentionally!) – Deuteronomy 11:19 and Proverbs 22:6 spring to mind – because it’s so important!
Without intentional teaching, things change unintentionally. And that may not necessarily be a good thing for society at large. Humankind is far more well known for its greed and selfishness than its compassion and altruism.
So: I wonder what this coming week will bring? And how I can go about being more intentional in it?
Have an intentional week yourself, dear Reader!
It sounds like the start of a riddle, doesn’t it? “What do dogs and libraries have in common?” And I must admit to not being witty enough to solve this one, sorry… my blogpost title just refers to these as the two main themes of this last week’s photos!
You see, my girl Kiya turned 2 on Wednesday. This was her on the beach the day before:
And then on her birthday itself (photo taken by Miss17, on whose birthday Kiya was born!) Check out that tongue and the ear curled back 🙂
It was also the week that I started, officially, back at school. New year, new job – Head of Library at Nambour Christian College! So I’ve been thinking all things ‘library’ this week, as I’m out and about, both online and IRL. Proof from my camera roll:
I’ve been back on Pinterest and saving inspirational pins like this:
And from Facebook, an idea that will mean I can keep a ‘live’ plant in my office without potentially killing it:
And for the library floor itself, check out these plants I saw when in Cooroy Pharmacy on Monday afternoon. Don’t you think they’d look good spread out around the library floor, near shelving or book displays?
Anyway, that’s been my week. And today it’s Bloxham Birthday Party day, to celebrate Hubby and both daughters… it’s our eldest’s last day of being a teenager today… now is that a milestone or what!
Have a wonderful week, dear Reader 🙂
KRidwyn