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a mother is singing her baby a lullaby for the first time, a shelter cat is going home with an excited family, a kid is starting the first pages of what will be their favorite book series, a couple in a long engagement is finally having their wedding, a gardener is stepping outside to see their produce flourishing and almost ready to be picked, a father is becoming a grandfather eager to hold his new little love, a teenager is putting the keys into their first car, someone is moving on from a break up and walking past a place they used to go with their ex without feeling an ache, a patient is taking their first steps forward after a long surgery, a child is getting all giddy with anticipation for their birthday party

You do not have to apologize for the books you choose to read.

At all.  To anyone.  You owe nobody any explanations; you need no excuse or “good reason” to be reading the book.

You do not have to be ashamed for wanting to read “bad” books.  You wanna read Twilight?  We got Twilight.  Need a banal, cookie-cutter-plot mystery or thriller?  Those are always fun.  Our regulars check them out by the towering stack.  Ask Betty for recommendations; she’s read them all.  50 Shades of Oh Fucking No?  We’ve got it, we even got it in large print.  Have fun.  Check out the rest of our porn too.  Oh, and the sex manuals are a MUST if you want to “experiment” yourself.  Don’t be afraid to ask; they’re here for a reason.

Want to read a book written by a huge asshole everyone hates and agree was a monster?  Yeah, we have those.  No, we don’t think you’re an asshole for wanting to know what was actually written in there, or judging things for yourself.

You are not too old for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Babysitter’s Club, or Captain Underpants.  You are not too young for Sherlock Holmes.  There’s nothing wrong with a boy reading The Princess Academy or Sweet Valley High.  There’s nothing wrong with a girl being into The Hardy Boys or Artemis Fowl instead.

Gloves and mittens by nbGlovesAndMittens on Etsy

Hey Guys! To celebrate the first year anniversary of my Etsy shop I figured it would be a cool idea to do a giveaway! (I also just hit a milestone follower count so that’s pretty awesome too) 

I wanted to celebrate with all you great people who have inspired, encouraged and helped me along the way. I never thought that when I made this silly yarn blog it would be so much fun. 

In the giveaway is one of my handmade WIP bags: It holds 3-4 skeins of yarn and your project easily. This one is reversible, Panda on one side, bright and cheerful yellow on the other. And it comes with a skein of hand-dyed superwash merino, created by yours truly. 

Rules: 

1. open to my followers. No giveaway accounts or inactive accounts, please.

2.  must be 18+ or OK with giving me your home address. I need somewhere to send it to.

3. open internationally! If the post office can ship it, it will be shipped! 

4. One reblog = one entry. You can reblog again, but alas, only the first one counts, as tumblr has a hard time keeping track of such things. 

5. Open until Sept 30th 11:59 pm PST

Disclaimer: this is not associated with tumblr in any way. 

Any questions, drop them into my inbox! 

I held a Minecraft program for children at my library branch.

Me: “To help celebrate National Library Week, the theme of today’s club is ‘The Ideal Library.’ Tell me some things libraries don’t already have that you think they should have.”

Kid #1: “A grocery store!”

Kid #2: “A bowling alley!”

Kid #3: “An ice skating rink!”