Horizon 51

My personal musings as I approach my fifties and beyond. For my posts on books, reading, and my life in the stacks as a school librarian, please visit MoreBooksThanTime.blogspot.com .

Monday, March 5, 2018

SOLSC '18 Day Five: And then I was fifty-two

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Another year has flown by.   The last three birthdays--forty-nine, fifty, and fifty-one--gave me pause to think.  Diagnosis at forty-nin...
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Sunday, March 4, 2018

SOLSC '18 Day Four: Up and away

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The feeling was glorious, however brief.  Some nights, I launched from my bed, slipping through the roof as if it wasn't there, hoveri...
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Saturday, March 3, 2018

SOLSC '18 Day Three: Birdsong alarm

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Last night I had good intentions Setting the alarm For a pre-dawn rising Because I really enjoy My quiet-alone time Sipping my coff...
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Friday, March 2, 2018

SOLSC '18 DayTwo: Full Moon in Virgo

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Do you pay attention to the lunar cycles? Teachers and nurses can sense the changing moon phases.  Little ones' energy grows with th...
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Thursday, March 1, 2018

SOLSC '18 Day One: Finding a theme

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March 1st. A full moon.  My birthday month. Spring Break just over a week away.  And the beginning of my sixth Slice of Life Story Challen...
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Tuesday Slice: Wants versus needs

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Our bus full of school librarians pulled up to the almost-brand-new central branch of the Austin Public Library.   We were directed down a...
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Tuesday Slice: Breeze through an open door

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The sun broke through the clouds as I sat in a heavy wooden rocking chair, on a balcony overlooking a gentle slope of dormant grapevines. ...
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Chris Margocs
I'm a wife, mom of two young adults, former elementary special education teacher, and in my thirteenth year as a librarian. My home and my library are full of books, but I never seem to have enough time to read as much as I'd like! It doesn't stop me from adding to my collection, though.
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