Delighted that OPPL has selected a new library director — Dixon looks like a terrific choice. “Joslyn’s previous position was as Director of Newark Public Library…Joslyn is elated to return to her Chicago-area roots and the Oak Park Public Library. She began the first Librarians of Color Forum for the Virginia Library Association, is a […]
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Despite a hacking cough (yes, it’s just a cold), I managed to get through tonight’s school board meeting by virtue of the almost constant application of medicated cough drops + hot tea with honey. Feeling grateful for a mercifully brief meeting tonight — only two hours! That’s amazing! I am now going to reward myself
My first year on the school board I was so busy, I basically only managed time for the official meetings. I’ve been able to go to a few more events this fall, which has been really great for getting to know students, staff, and faculty better. Yesterday, I went to the Rainbow Celebration at OPRF,
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OPRF board meeting, done, 6:30 – 11 p.m., with a few 5-minute breaks in there, when we were switching from open to closed session and back again. SO TIRED. I have a tendency to believe I can bend space and time. Unfortunately, I cannot. In two years and a few months, I’ll have to decide
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Yesterday was a rough day — I slept terribly, waking up over and over. I think it’s mostly stress — the semester is coming, like an onrushing train, and the long, long list of things I wanted to accomplish over the summer is still long. I will need to pause and recalibrate to settle down,
I’m taking some time this morning to read a new book by Nimmi Gowrinathan, _Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence_. It’s beautifully written, which isn’t something I expect in an academic book, to be honest — she uses a lot of the techniques of creative nonfiction to make for engrossing engagement with the material. She’s
The U of I system just sent out a note that they’re requiring everyone on campus be vaccinated and boosted; decisions about masking will be made by each campus individually, and we don’t have word on that yet. We’ll be discussing appropriate mitigations for OPRF at the next D200 high school board meeting in a
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This is a very random question, but for my friends in other countries, especially democratic socialist countries with relatively high tax rates, is the phrase ‘tax burden’ a common usage? I see it all the time here, and it always irritates me a bit; I’m curious whether this is a primarily American rhetoric, or something
Home from board meeting, 3 hrs, not bad. Summer board meetings seem to be a bit quieter; I guess that’s not surprising for school board. Funny putting on professional drag again. Don’t think I need to again for another month, so back to gardening shorts and t-shirts for me…
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