An #EduSky question: do you use group.me for clubs, classes, sports? What do I need to know as an adult about privacy, safety, etc?

This week began the prep for our big annual teenager-led GS camp weekend. My job is to get out of the way, essentially (and also this year I am starting to hand off my leadership role). These kids, age 13-16, are effective & thoughtful leaders - I’m pretty happy I get to watch them work. :)

It was well into midnight when I finished this project (this stuff cooked for THIRTEEN HOURS in the crockpot), but I am here this morning to tell you that the apple butter is PERFECT and I regret NOTHING. Recipe is from Food In Jars: foodinjars.com/recipe/spice...

I’m down to just 7.5 pounds of apples in my home (and something like a gallon of applesauce which I will cook down tomorrow). Sunday might be pie day.

Caffeine and dinner did the trick. Huzzah. 🎉

Who among us has had a recent flu shot and has a headache two days later? Besides me, I mean. Wondering if I need to, like, caffeinate, or investigate my BP meds, or just take a nap.

Gems from the catalog: “Max, a kitten, and Bird, a very young bird, want to be friends but Max also wants to eat Bird, so they strike a deal.” #Skybrarians #BookSky #SaturdayLibrarian 📚 (MAX AND BIRD, a picture book by Ed Vere. Third in a series.)

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Tucker Band

FYI MSP: Dynata survey texts appear to be from either the state GOP or exploratory from Lisa Demuth, though they do mention a few clown-shoes individuals like Jensen, Qualls, and Wilson. There are push-poll questions (“if this were true, what would you think about it?”), which I simply loathe.

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

Our CSA box had 2 lbs of carrots in it last week — which is a regular amount of carrots, but it seems like they’re going to continue in that vein for several weeks yet? Unnerving. Tonight I made this for dinner and I liked it SO MUCH. smittenkitchen.com/2013/01/carr...

My last FT teaching job ended in 2020. (I had a 0.5 post-secondary contract in 2020-21.) I let my license lapse a year ago. And THIS MORNING I was talking to a therapist about this stuff. TODAY. 🤯

I have far too many apples in my house (apple butter ambitions, but still) and with all this fog, I’m considering making a pie. I think that probably would be overextending myself (and the apple butter really needs to be first), but does t it sound good for today?

Poked around on that page and found this - including a map of where to find free/low-cost vaccines for kids or adults in Minnesota: www.health.state.mn.us/people/immun...

Just going to leave this here. Vax clinics for ages 0-18. www.hennepin.us/immunizations

Eldest: it’s giving pirate 15: hnnnhhhhhh Eldest: no, the most gender neutral outfit is pirate 15: but if I wear the dress [which is white and glittery] [at this point I left the room] Dinner is in 20 minutes. Pictures in a bit more than an hour. We are still deciding. I may perish.

Successfully purchased two options for 15 to wear to Homecoming (which is TONIGHT and this kid is very ambivalent about dressing up). Will be spending some time on lightning-speed alterations this afternoon (waistline facing needs to be tacked down, probably by hand, glitter everywhere) wheee

This is a not-great picture of Mike Mills, but that certainly was a kickass show (and he certainly did swing his bass over my head). Baseball Project is a fun band :)

Today the thing that is getting me through is incorporating nonfiction into Storytime. Cute little book about light, a great example of rare words in nonfiction and the conversations that caregivers can have with kids when reading informational texts. www.harpercollins.com/products/spa...

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: Best pie: peach Best ice cream: praline pecan Best donut: Bogart’s Brown Butter Glazed (full disclosure, it’s the butter) Best bar: jam bars with oatmeal-pecan crust Best cake: pound cake with fruit Best other: bread pudding w/butter sauce

I ended my Duolingo subscription after 1000 days due to AI, but I have less opportunity to practice #Spanish at work these days & I haven’t really replaced Duo for daily practice. I need a conversation circle or an actual class in MSP, but also a small-bites practice app or site. Any ideas welcome!

Just finished THE SPACE BETWEEN HERE AND NOW, a sweet and subtle coming-of-age story featuring a bicultural teen girl who experiences unpredictable leaps in time to her own memories. I loved the complex characters and the descriptions of Korean food! Just a hint of a first-crush plot here too.

Good.

I asked this on Reddit already and am waiting for replies, but here is a #sewing question. The pictured garment is a muslin for a Chalk & Notch Fringe dress. Bodice fits mostly fine (armhole too small), but it’s really difficult to escape from this top and I don’t know why. Do you know why? Halp.

LOL, no I didn’t.

THIS one I had exactly right, for all these years :)

YESTERDAY I remembered that I have a vintage, pristine Ball Cannjng recipe book. TODAY I cleaned up the new canner that I bought over the summer, and LATER I bought a food mill on FB. SUNDAY I’ll be making pickled beets and SOMETIME SOON I’m going to try my hand at apple butter. September, man.

This is how you approach childhood if your long game is actually to raise adults. (Thread up and down on Montessori education.)

tractor zamboni

This is the only type of messaging I want to hear from a senator, frankly. Not exclusively on this topic, but with the intent to call these dipshits out on their dumbass rhetoric. @klobuchar.senate.gov thoughts and prayers are not enough.

Oh my heart. My mom was a very competitive Scrabble player. She and my dad kept a running score on a legal pad with columns labeled “Me” and “Thee.” My dad rarely won, but my husband could give her a run for her money. 🥰

Here’s the student paper’s story. They had to delay until one, the principal lifted an illegal censorship order, and two, a judge reminded the school it can’t fire an adviser for letting students report news. Help these young journalists make up for lost time — spread the story far and wide.

Wanted to share a critical AI spreadsheet I've been working on for a little bit now. It has a list of resources and links to materials I thought were interesting or that I used in my schools Critical AI LibGuide. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I’m kinda nervous about what my kid (10th grade) will experience in school related to AI usage this year. I hope her teachers are thinking like Mrs. Bond.

Just took a call from a library patron looking for Dave Eggers’ WHAT IS THE WHAT. Come to find out, this patron was going through a list of literary fiction recommended by Ann Patchett — whose recommendations are in the context of having gotten good & mad at David Brooks. 🤣📚 youtu.be/tPrH7kqGKCY?...

Glad to see this continuing to get coverage, even in really quite short detail theweek.com/culture-life...

Really pondering my relationship with Njne Inch Nails over the years tonight. 🧐

I hemmed three inches off these pants and they seem to be exactly the same amount of too long as they were before. Short girl problems.

I made this at work today (open build program). Please note that there are TWO kinds of rotation, like the teacups ride 😄 #SaturdayLibrarian 📚

How incredibly cool is this.

"Academic libraries have evolved far beyond being mere repositories of content..." opens an email from Clarivate. I always find this dismissal of the core function(s) of the library depressing and frustrating. As if our primary mission is neither enough nor relevant. Neither is true.

I’m in an author webinar (to be clear, I am here as a librarian) and the introvert-extrovert dynamic is SO CLEAR.

Mme 15 is persistent and so now I’m voluntarily getting up at 5AM to attempt some meteor-shower observation. Sigh.

Teachers & librarians! I've put together some low-cost virtual author visits for you & your kids this fall, starting with THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES (grades 4-8) and OVER & UNDER THE CORAL REEF (K-5) on 9/15. Details: katemessner.com/low-cost-vir... (Please tag friends who might be interested, too!)

Augghhhhh Not that hot + 90% humidity + systemwide thermostat control = I am sweaty AF right now and I HATE IT #SaturdayLibrarian 📚

Gallivanting lollygaggers

Not my neighborhood, but I’m grateful to Ed for sharing the proceedings — this is relevant to everyone!

We had a National Night Out driveway hang this evening (work conflict on Tuesday, so) and it was SO NICE to meet a bunch of neighbors. One family brought their new baby home today! Need your go-to gift ideas for parents of a newborn w/older kids. (I got baby & sibling gifts covered.)

Soooo tomorrow (Sunday) is the last production of Much Ado About Nothing by Gray Mallard Shakespeare at Sociable Cider in NE. Worth your time if you want to go - we enjoyed it a lot this evening and it felt very fresh!