Published in Släckdrünk·Nov 30, 2022Släckdrünk — The Velvet ShushA Word About the Shush To my non-librarian friends… Shushing has been around almost as long as librarians have been around. Want proof? When playing charades, make the motion of shushing and 9 times out of 10, your audience will scream “LIBRARIAN!” In my 2016 TEDx Talk, I highlighted the Nancy Pearl Action Figure which…Librarians3 min readLibrarians3 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·May 1, 2020Släckdrünk — The Crazy Forest Guy (Eräjorma)What we’re making In addition to inspiring the name for this blog, the Finnish language gives us another word we didn’t know we needed — eräjorma (air-a-yor-ma), roughly translated as crazy forest guy. But it’s less about the guy and more about the look. In Finland, eräjorma is what you…Finland3 min readFinland3 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Apr 5, 2020Släckdrünk — The Hand SanitizerWhat we’re making I remember a decade ago when our maintenance staff put a large bottle of hand sanitizer on the circulation desk of my high school library. I didn’t request it. They just put it there. In those blithely germy days, it was infrequently used. As a librarian, I…Cocktails3 min readCocktails3 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Apr 4, 2020Släckdrünk Basics — Bitters!Vizzini: Iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows! And Australia is entirely peopled with criminals. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you…. Man in Black: What’s so funny? Vizzini: I…Cocktails5 min readCocktails5 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Apr 2, 2020Släckdrünk Basics — Syrup!Emily: You like sugar, huh? Buddy: Is there sugar in syrup? Emily: Yes. Buddy: Then YES! (Elf, the movie) One of the easiest and useful make-at-home ingredients for drink making is simple syrup and its colorful relatives. They are bartender staples to both sweeten and enhance mixed drinks and cocktails…Cocktails3 min readCocktails3 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Mar 25, 2020Släckdrünk — The Naked Zoom CallOne of the ‘new normal’ outcomes of the pandemic was the overnight embrace of virtual and remote meetings. Today, Zoom has become, like Kleenex, just something that we have to have. There is no question that virtual meetings have their limitations, but they also have some benefits. We can meet…Coffee2 min readCoffee2 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Mar 20, 2020Släckdrünk - The SeaTac LayoverEditor’s Note — while this blog (and some posts) have evolved and been updated from their original pandemic versions, this was my first post. It captures the crazy uncertainty of the early days of the pandemic. I have decided not to update this entry and leave it as a nod…Seattle3 min readSeattle3 min read
Published in Släckdrünk·Mar 19, 2020Welcome to SläckdrünkThis blog began in the depths of the pandemic as a means to continue drinking well in self-isolation. While we can argue if we have graduated from pandemic to endemic, the need for a good drink remains. As a trained librarian (the kind that works in schools), I see the…Drinking2 min readDrinking2 min read
Published in Amalgamated Futures·Nov 26, 2019The digital equity hallucinationDigital devices ≠ equity Like many educators in North America, I have been thinking a lot about equity in schools. And as a digital educator and administrator, the challenge of digital equity has been my job for the last 27 years. In 2019, I was part of a team that…Education6 min readEducation6 min read
Published in Amalgamated Futures·Jun 23, 2019EdTech Remix: Exploring the ISTE Student StandardsWhat will learners look like in the future? If we do our jobs as educators, they will be empowered learners, digital citizens, knowledge constructors, innovative designers, computational thinkers, and global collaborators. And we’re not the only ones who think so! Over the last several months, my colleague Zach Desjarlais and…Education4 min readEducation4 min read
