The RIFFED Librarian

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

"The Confession" by John Grisham

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John Grisham, master of the legal thriller, has been slipping in recent years but he comes back strong in The Confession. The story begins...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

My Reading Profile – Characters, Familiarity, & Happy Endings

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As I look back on some fifty years of reading, I notice some definite patterns emerging, yet I prize characters, familiarity, and happy end...
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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Try Not To Smile

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There is a recent trend in young women’s winter hat wear that I’m hoping really takes off – knit hats designed to look like animal heads. No...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

A good book - a good cry

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Great, another children’s book that made me cry. I've had to read a couple of these lately for a class I'm taking.  Then I have to w...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Dear President Obama

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(Yes, I really mailed this - on July 10, 2010) Paul McCartney recently remarked on how nice it is that we now have a president who actuall...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

RIFFED - April 8th, 2010

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I was RIFFED on the Thursday following Spring Break.  The following weekend I came upon an article about the cuts and immediently wrote a re...
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The RIFFED Librarian
In education, you don't get laid off, your get RIFFED. RIF stands for Reduction In Force. I lost my media specialist job of 23 years in a Reduction In Force in 2010. My life's work and my identity were literally RIFFED away from me. In response I began this blog and became the RIFFED librarian. In the summer of 2012 I accepted a job as a media specialist in a middle school. I soon learned that the only way this school was able to continue to have a licensed media specialist was if that person also taught the nine week 5th and 6th grade research/keyboarding class. I hung in at this job for nine years and enjoyed every minute I was able to spend in the library. Due to health issues I retired early - in 2021. Still, in my heart I will always be a librarian!
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