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About me

My library career spanned 30 years, starting out in Children's Services, then Reference Librarian, and ending with eleven years as a Library Director. Now I'm enjoying writing and photography and combining both of those in creating books on Blurb.com.

I lead a weekly writing group in writing family memories. On Amazon, I'm a Top 100 Reviewer.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

turning photos and writing into book form.

I know too much about ...

bits of everything (typical of a librarian),

My parents always told me ...

work hard to get ahead

My childhood ambition ...

to be Jo in Little Women

My favorite memory ...

walking on the beach of the Isle of Skye with my sister

Why I write ...

because I can

My first job ...

shelving books at the high school llibrary

My best moment ...

was using grants to improve a community library over a ten year period.

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Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Commentary: The need to read: 1 of 8

If you love to read, do you know when reading becomes more than just a pastime or hobby? Do you feel a strong need to read? Has your reading crossed the line into addiction? Here are steps to assess this and also to help you cope with your reading addiction. Answer these questions to see if you are addicted to reading. Have you tried unsuccessfully to cut back on your reading? Are you preoccupied with thoughts of the bookwhen you are away from it? Does reading help you escape from your problems? These are similar to questions used in surveys by the American Psychological Association to det...
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