Last Minute Dice Pouch Need a last minute gift? Ifyou have cloth, needle, and thread you can make a dice bag. Start with a long rectangle of cloth. At each…
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A Few of My Favorite Things I’ve been thinking about how I spend my internet time (as part of trying to organize my time better). I bet if I polled…
Goals One of the things you learn about participating in National Novel Writing Month is whether having a deadline and a ridiculous goal works for you. It apparently works for…
Library Convention Experiences So I attended the NY Library convention yesterday and today. I’m trying to sort out my thoughts and my notes, and I thought I would share. The…
Writing a 50,000 word novel in a month- NaNoWriMo Nuts, huh? I’ve done it…five times! I’ve spewed out over 250,000 words and created five works of narrative fiction that occasionally…
I love halloween! There are so many opportunities to be creative- costumes, decorations, food, and of course pumpkin carving. I know some people who do the elaborate templates and spend…
Laundry Basket Robot Costume I tried a variation of the tried and true “cardboard box robot” costume, since my son is rough on his costumes. I started with a pop-up…
Halloween Costume- Stargate Atlantis Science Jacket My daughter is a Stargate fan, so we decided to make her a uniform jacket from Stargate Atlantis for her halloween costume. She’ll be…
Top 10 Things Front-Line Librarians Want to Tell the Public Don’t come in five minutes before closing. Just don’t. We are cleaning up the strewn toys, finishing the shelving, getting…
