“The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.” – John Lewis So, some other pretty momentous things happened this year. Our whole family have become US citizens, and with that can now cast our votes! This is probably one of the most fundamentally important things to do as a citizen of a country…
October 26: New mug for the collection
“Smell the roses. Smell the coffee. Whatever it is that makes you happy.” – Rita Moreno I know I said that my collection is done because I have filled my board up…but I couldn’t resist the new SDSU starbucks mug…so I had to get it. Pretty cool that I get a Starbucks mug for the…
October 25: Flowering strelitzias
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.” – Oscar Wilde I was so excited to see the strelitzias starting to flower. I just love this garden, and looking at it makes my heart sing – so many memories and so much love by…
October 24: Getting creative
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” – Scott Adams This week in the library and information world it is International Open Access Week, and in our library we have been trying to highlight these important events through pop-up displays. I found this was really hard to conceptualize,…
October 23: Another Sunday outing
“Every outing is a learning experience.” – Drew Pomeranz We needed a little change of scenery having worked for most of the weekend. Riley doesn’t need a second invitation to jump in the car for a ride. Am trying really hard to get him to look at the camera, but he just won’t! Anyhoo, we…