Sunday Salon: I Have Returned!

Heyyyyy! Long time no see! When I posted my last review, I was in Kazakhstan(!!!). That was actually the fifth country I stopped in this summer; I started by revisiting a few countries I went to last year, then headed to Central Asia for the real part of my journey: I backpacked overland from Beijing to

Sunday Salon: The Countdown Begins!

Both of my semesters are finally over! I took three classes (I’m working on my MLIS) and taught five, which is why my blog has been kind of sloooooow these past few months. I’m excited because 1) I’m exhausted; and 2) I can finally focus my full attention on planning some last minute details. Because…

Sunday Salon: Sewing Up a Storm

I can’t believe 2013 is almost over! Starting Jan 1, I’ll be posting my usual 2013-in-review posts (I can tell you now that most of my reading challenges=FAIL), but today I wanted to share some of the stuff I’ve been working on over the holidays. I bought myself a sewing machine shortly after Thanksgiving (I’d

Sunday Salon: A to Z Reading

WHAT’S UP?! As you may have noticed, I kind of dropped off the face of Earth from late August up until this week. Soooo many things going on. As of mid-August, I had taught myself how to make a quilt and was working on my second quilt when I got offered full-time hours for this

Sunday Salon: An Announcement, a Request, and a List

I know the blog has been a little quiet as of late. As some of you know, I’m in my second semester of my MLIS degree. Even though last semester is the one where I had like a billion 10-20 page papers due, for some reason it feels like I’m doing so much more work