ALA's Midwitner Conference

January 22, 2016

I was so happy to attend ALA’s Midwinter Conference two weeks ago. One of the best parts of the experience was getting to participate in the Morris Seminar, a biannual book evaluation day for librarians. It was an honor to be selected, and an amazing opportunity to hear from the best in the biz about book evaluation. I illustrated some of the best pearls of wisdom for the ALSC blog; see the images below!

And, if you want to see what it was like to watch the Youth Media Awards, check this out http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2016/01/the-ymas-illustrated/

Just reminiscing about my favorite nervous tic I had postpartum #nostrilclock

I think this is a personality thing and an artist thing also a parenthood thing and also a part time worker with a kid thing.

But also so special?

There is so much nasty ish in this world. Learned this during labor and working on it still. I’m trying to share more motherhood comics as I scan them!

Sorry if this embarrassed you @freshevk But really it’s embarrassing to us both

Ya know?!

I’m so excited about these lil cuties! See you tomorrow from 10-4 at the @minersfoundry for the @nevadacitycraftfair !!!! I will be selling little gift certificates too, so you can get a favorite animal or pet portrait for someone you love (or like, or feel obligated to gift things to).

Working on some watercolor originals for this Sunday’s @nevadacitycraftfair ! Hope to see you there!

After a trip to Sweden I’ve been pissed all over again at the lack of social supports in this country generally and for parents specifically. What the hell.

Hey local friends! I’m teaching a class at the Nest @thenest.nc in January. You can sign up now on the nest website. Hope to see you there!!!

I go back home tomorrow! Glad to be in Sweden to hear @kristinenowlain crush it on the stage and to see my grandma, who turns 94 soon, and is just a gooshy love ball these days, and the rest of the family! Thanks @freshevk for holding it down at home with Henry (I stopped crying every time I saw a baby around day 4)

I’m not going to be home for thanksgiving tomorrow, but I still support @nevadacityrancherianisenan and you can too! They have an ancestral homelands reciprocity program that is great, and are currently doing a speaker series @nevada_county_library - next one is December 3. Check it out!!!! Also - thanksgiving is a shitty holiday, and the attempts to rebrand as a time of gratitude is so hard to swallow too. I love eating a great meal with friends and family, and reflecting on what is wonderful in my life. But it’s so so important on thanksgiving especially but also everyday to acknowledge our history as a country (and on smaller geographic scales) and our current reality. As the scholar Dr. Deb Reese asked in the second image, what would happen if we understand we’re on native lands everytime we picked up a book? Or how about every time we gather, buy stuff, think about our future?