In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot… but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT! It was a dark and stormy night. A great first line in a book is an invitation. It takes your hand and leads you a […]
Wednesday, February 17 is Random Acts of Kindness Day! I encourage you to set the intention to doing a kind act for another person, be it someone you know or a complete stranger, or even a kind act for yourself. The Kindness Book by Todd Parr According to the scientists at Cedar Sinai, random […]
Below is my report for the February 2021 Toronto Public Library (TPL) Board meeting. It summarizes key activities in support of the priorities outlined in our strategic plan. This report covers items that are not part of the Board agenda package. Opening up our public space TPL Reading Challenge 2020: Another Successful Year Our second […]
We are dedicated to bringing the best and brightest books to our library collections. Here are some picture books we are really excited about that will be hitting shelves soon! Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus, illustrated by Polly Dunbar. Ages 3-7. Little Bear is having difficulty understanding his friends and family. He isn't sure […]
Image by imgix from unsplash.com. This is the second part of a three-part blog on the Internet of Things (IoT). In the last post, I introduced the Internet of things (IoT) as the expansion of digital devices communicating with each other. I discussed the first main factor enabling this: the improvement of standards and protocols […]
I read romance novels. There, I said it. And I'm not embarrassed about it either. Ok, I'm still a little embarrassed but I'm working on it. There's a lot of stigma around reading romance novels. Although there are some legitimate criticisms of the genre, like the lack of diverse representation or the romanticization of abusive […]
When you are young you may never think it will happen to you, or it's way far off, and then one day… it happens. Whatever you want to call it, you're older, old, middle aged, a senior. There's more gray hair, you suddenly need glasses for everything etc., etc. I remember the first time a […]
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