Karen 📚💻

Public library branch manager. Interests include podcasts, language learning, hiking, and photography. Yes, that’s my cat. His name is Dave.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Etymology of the day is 'on tenterhooks' (not 'tenderhooks'): tenters, once a common sight, are wooden frames on which freshly milled cloth is stretched so that it dries without shrinking. To be on tenterhooks is to be as tense and taut as the cloth itself.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

I’ve been absent for a while. My heart is just not in the job right now. Recently learned that we’re not going back to curbside despite the rise in Covid-19 cases.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@DrunkLibPodcast The food that I didn’t have to cook. My husband and sons cooked everything. 😊

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@CircdeskCircus @Susan_Reads Mine, too. We see on any given day 75 to over 100 patrons. We “require” masks, but if someone wants to come in without one they can. We’re in a red county. So looking forward to being off for Thanksgiving.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@DrunkLibPodcast @DietCoke Heading to bed soon. It’s been a week.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@FakeLibStats My library branch is an early voting site. #thankgoodnessformasks

[Biblioteca Social @Biblio_Social]

La solución para todo (o casi todo): #lectura

[National Library of Scotland @natlibscot]

This is your bookish weather update:

JUST THE KNOWLEDGE THAT A GOOD BOOK IS AWAITING ONE AT THE END OF A LONG DAY MAKES THAT DAY HAPPIER.

— Kathleen Norris

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

We had around 70 patrons today and every single one of them wore a mask. Every Single One. It was such a RELIEF to see them come in willing to do their part to protect us and other patrons. #librarylife #bestpatronsever #librarytwitter 😊

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@BGreenzweig @rebeccanagle @KeriCrewsonMD Same thing happened to my uncle. If he hadn’t had COVID-19 he would still be with us today. Don’t even go there.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@OrkneyLibrary I really wish teleportation was a thing.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

Within 2 hours of being open: 3 head pokes around plexiglass, two pulling masks down to talk, one unmasked not social distancing... #librarytwitter #librarylife

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

Well, I can tell I’m stressed out. I just checked out 3 books by @jennycolgan. #pureescapism

[National Library of Scotland @natlibscot]

Your word of the day is:

KREESAL

n.

Of a dog or cat: curled up as in sleep (def via @ScotsDictionars)

E.g. 'Fido Dogstoevsky is in a kreesal.'

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@libkimberly I miss in-person programming so much.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@marky_b_tweets Opening next week. Not looking forward to this.

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@bookletting @dharmascholar Getting ready to head out... reluctantly. #saturdaylibrarian

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@Lisabarian How’s it going now?

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

Artwork from one of our young patrons. ❤️🙂 #librarylife #librarytwitter

[Karen 📚💻 @LibraryKarenB]

@ophelia_rises I haven’t worn makeup in months, but I have color coordinated my mask and tops.