The mostly true reflections and adventures of a born optimist, curious reader, and vagabond librarian.

by Kate Gukeisen, written around 2016 Ten years agothe fighting got bad. Ten years agoWe madecasserolesthat we expected would go uneaten. We madecallsthat left us weeping on the flooruntil we put on brave faces to pick up children from school. Ten years agowe askedourselves when it would get better then…
So there we were…with the majority of our Reference Services and Information Literacy class behind us, and with two major projects ahead, one of them…
The crying started with a visit to the university library. It was the middle of our residency week, and we had spent the previous few days…
Our Title, My Friend, Was Blowin’ In the Wind One of the great pleasures of my summer 2011 gateway week in Syracuse was working with…
Effective instructors are in tune with their students and able to shift gears with them. And they know when to pass out the mints.

I’m Kate, the creator and author behind this blog. I’m a librarian who has a passion for learning about anything and everything, a love for people, and an aversion to quiet. I am a mindfulness enthusiast who is dedicated to kindness and curiosity, and to finding joy in everyday moments.