All About ME – Plum Librarian LLC

The Audio Version of: My Road to Librarianship

Happy holidays everyone! It has been my dream goal to provide an audio version of My Road to Librarianship and here it is. Enjoy!

6: Pinning a Note to the Sweater of a Librarian at the National Library of Wales

At the National Library of Wales I found the goldmine of my research on 17th century poet Katherine Philips: her personal copybook. One day, needing a break from my hours in the rare book room, I decided to peruse the museum part of the library on the upper floors. I wound through rooms, gazed atContinueContinue reading “6: Pinning a Note to the Sweater of a Librarian at the National Library of Wales”

My year of COVID recovery and my hope for you in 2022

IN THE YEAR AFTER I HAD COVID On New Years’ Day 2021 I was taken by ambulance to Sparrow hospital. My oxygen saturation had fallen stupid low. I was admitted to the COVID ward. I’d been in the ER 36 hours earlier for IV fluids. A chest X-ray showed COVID pneumonia. I’d missed the 10-dayContinueContinue reading “My year of COVID recovery and my hope for you in 2022”

Friday night at home

I hear a fan running. We recently had water in the basement. I call hubby downstairs. “Why is the fan on? I heard it go off after just a minute. Do we have water in the basement again?” “No. That was the sound of the vacuum cleaner. The cats knocked over a lamp and brokeContinueContinue reading “Friday night at home”

Patriotic Education and Community

If you’re a long-time reader, you’ve heard stories of my childhood. I grew up in a farming village in Virginia. Hitching posts at the K-Mart. Cows everywhere. The (one) McDonald’s served biscuits and gravy. We left when I was 12. I had completed 7 years of education at a public school and when I foundContinueContinue reading “Patriotic Education and Community”

Happy Thanksgiving

I’m grateful for my family. Schryer Family Thanksgiving 2005 I’m grateful for my life experiences, good, bad, and indifferent, because they’ve made me who I am. Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival 2005 I’m grateful that I’m on not the turkey on the platter today!

#DrivingWhileWhite

When I was a teen… I tried to out-run a police officer. It was dark. I dashed down several streets, pulled hard to the curb, cut the lights, and dove under the dash. He found me. Didn’t even ask me to get out of the car. “Were you just trying to out run me?” heContinueContinue reading “#DrivingWhileWhite”