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 .

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Tuesday Slice: When a phone dies

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"What are the moments you are holding onto? What are you letting go of today?" Using today's writing prompt... The "dange...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Tuesday Slice: I thought I was okay

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I thought I was okay.   In so many ways, I am okay.  I have a solid roof over my head and food in my pantry.  My husband still goes to work,...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Tuesday Slice: The tree in our house

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It arrived at our house sometime around her birth.  I can't remember whether it was delivered when she was born, or when we brought her ...
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Saturday, July 4, 2020

(Happy?) Fourth of July

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Up and down my Facebook feed, there are pictures and memes and Bitmojis declaring "Happy Fourth of July!  God bless America!". I w...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Tuesday Slice: Rethinking reader engagement

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I am a librarian.  Connecting readers with books, interacting with students during read-alouds, prompting discussions on genres, teaching st...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Tuesday Slice: Out with a whimper while life is a bang

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I didn't write last week, and it felt like skipping a workout. The words were there, but they were all jumbled up in my head, swirling w...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Tuesday Slice: First encounters

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I grew up as a white military BRAT, the minority in countries around the world. My parents were never the ugly Americans. Any division in th...
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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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