In an age where examples of scandal and ludicrously bad behavior hit the mainstream through the delivery of a poorly planned tweet, it seems easy to concede that etiquette has gone the way of the typewriter. Headed into the annual minefield that my partner and I refer to as wedding season, I picked up the [...]
Here at the library we are absolutely thrilled that Joyce Carol Oates is coming to Corvallis! If you haven’t heard yet, Oregon State University is awarding Oates the first ever Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement; a prize that comes with prestige, sure, but also a whopping $20,000. OSU is hosting a public discussion and [...]
As a proud adoptive mother of a four-year old Newfoundland dog named Casper, one of my favorite things to do is take her along for a hike and a swim. (We both hike, but Casper loves to swim. I throw sticks and she retrieves them. She is a working dog, so she likes having a [...]
As an amateur vegetable gardener with all of my experience gardening in Texas, starting a garden here in Corvallis is like gardening in a different world. There the soil was rocky and sandy and the weather so dry that watering was a major issue. Here I’ve discovered that the soil in my yard is clay [...]
Stan Sterns, the photographer that captured the image of JFK Jr. saluting his father’s casket on November 25, 1963, died last week. In an article about Sterns’ passing, the New York Times provided a short account behind the photograph. There are many memorable photographs from the past. Can you think of some that stick in [...]
All this crazy, cold weather has me confused. Is it March or is it mid-winter? In any event, I’m ready for a little springtime. Although we usually think of light reads as great for the beach, what I’m thinking about right now are some books that that put me in a sunnier state of mind [...]
Gluten-free or gluten-light living seems to be a trending topic that isn’t going to the archives of diet history anytime soon. Living in a divided household (one gluten-free eater & one gluten-lover), I have developed an interest in making gluten-free work for both palates. On the shelves of the library you can find many tools [...]
In honor of February being the Valentine month, I was going to come up with a list of quirky books about love. But that’s not exactly how this short list turned out. Instead, I decided to share with you five titles about passionate engagement in life and fate, or things that happen to you that [...]
When I was in library school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina we had our own library. Of course, the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) Library mostly consisted of materials on all things information and library science, but they also happened to have a stellar graphic novel collection. I didn’t know a thing about [...]
Dr. Temple Grandin is a professor at Colorado State University who spearheaded new designs for the more humane slaughter of cattle in slaughterhouses. She is also a well-known autistic woman and an advocate for the better understanding and treatment of autistic people. I recently watched the HBO movie starring Claire Danes about Grandin (Temple Grandin) [...]
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