Ra's Spiral Path

Tag: United States

  • Long Island is Green and Humid

    Long Island is Green and Humid

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    After a long stressful journey, we made it to our new home.

  • Reframing Mondays: It’s the Economy, Stupid

    Reframing Mondays: It’s the Economy, Stupid

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    Monday morning againAnd I’m wonderingWhat if all the working womenWe’re honest with their familiesAnd stopped trying to do it allOr even half of itMaybe it’s just me…But I doubt itMy son tells me repeatedly How muchHe doesn’t want to go to schoolHe doesn’t want to listen To reason or think aboutAnyone else’s perspective.And after a…

  • Meh

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    I’m here at this place on Mondays. It’s because my library’s administration couldn’t be bothered to make logical decisions based on locations and populations and instead took the easy way out by “letting” the managers figure it out on their own. It will likely be this way forever until my branch closes for a remodel…

  • What a week

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    I’m back at home with my child again this week due to a second quarantine from his school in less than a month.

  • Vaccine hesitancy?

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    So I keep hearing that some parents are hesitant about getting their kid a covid vaccine. Well, that is not my reality.

  • Still?

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    There are still people coming into public libraries arguing about why they need to wear a mask. Some old guy with a beard tried to tell me he didn’t need to wear one because there was no one near him. He is the reason why I was not able to work full time last week…

  • Public good

    Public good

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    Today I am writing about burnout. I read a great book about this last year and it offered some strategies for me for the past year. I’ve been reading much about labor shortages and people switching careers lately. Prior to the pandemic, I thought I would be content to be a children’s librarian for many…

  • Saturday

    Saturday

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    It’s been a long week that, thankfully, kept improving after Monday. It’s been a week of lots of deep breathing. It’s been a week of change. Both externally and internally. After my supervisor had a one on one meeting with my library’s director, I was assured that I wouldn’t have to worry about working on…

  • Monday. Again

    Monday. Again

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    Sarah
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    I even drew a picture to go with… This was just my morning purge. I actually had a couple of decent work hours before my supervisor shared some really disturbing news with me. Apparently, my so called leaders in administration have no problem with adding more burden to the shoulders of those already dealing with…

  • Brief History Lessons

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    In the car Trying to explain to my son How this country was founded. Christopher Columbus, Disease, slavery Puritans – the religious nuts Too crazy to stay in England. Blankets infected with smallpox Given as gifts of death. And guns, guns, guns. I hate driving.