The month of May (short story month) is ending so that June (bathroom reading month) can begin.
So I just found out that May is Short Story Month. Seriously, all these holidays and weeks and months of recognition for stuff is confusing. At least I knew last month was Poetry Month, so I should get a little credit, right? The one good thing about Short Story month is that it has drawn […]
Today is “Poem in Your Pocket” Day, part of National Poetry Month, and in anticipation of this auspicious day (which I had never heard of before…) I spent the first part of the week performing a poem for elementary school kids. Jabberwocky. I memorized “Jabberwocky” from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass (sequel to Alice […]
Mary Roach (my favorite science writer) at Powells, City of Books (my favorite bookstore). Was it just a beautiful dream? Actually, it was a pretty hilarious author event. Mary Roach, famous for her bestseller Stiff, and author of Packing for Mars, is on tour this April to promote her newest book about the human digestive […]
So while fellow GeekyLibrary crew member Taylor was enjoying NorWesCon, I spent my weekend schlepping boxes and furniture down 3 flights of stars while moving into a new house. Despite that, I took a break from moving to discover who the Philip K. Dick Award Winner was and to tune into the announcement of the […]