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While I was training for the Chicago Marathon I think my running shoes covered every street in Des Plaines. Once in a while a patron will tentatively come up to me in the library and say that they think they saw me run past their house and bolder patrons have yelled out to me in the parking lot asking why I'm not in my running clothes.
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Summer is not my favorite time of year. I burn easily. I hate to be hot. I'm not particularly athletic, especially when it comes to outdoor sports. And then there's that whole pesky swimsuit issue.
Continue Reading "And the swimsuit season countdown begins…." →
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The weather is getting better, the days are getting longer. Soon the cold months of winter will start to seem like a long distant memory. Now is the time to take a break from the heavier foods and warming soups of winter. We have different needs in spring and summer, when our bodies yearn for refreshingly lighter foods.
Continue Reading "Spring has sprung, summer is around the corner—" →
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Learning is fun. I love to find and share information wherever I can, whenever I can, and it's probally why I like being DPPL's head of public information services. Knowing a little about a ton of stuff suits me to a T. I pick up my knowledge in all sorts of ways, but today I’m sharing one of my favorites:
Browsing the New Non Fiction shelves up on the library’s 4th floor.
Continue Reading "On commando parenting, singularity and being a bad***" →
Kids & Parents
The new common core standards call for the use of primary source documents and first person historical accounts as early as 4th grade. Kid friendly primary sources can be hard to find. Let us do the leg work for you! We've combed our collection and the internet for some great resources for kids. Here are some of the highlights.
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