laura antolin

Life is messy………youth engagement librarian by day; gf baker, writer, reader, kickstarter-addict, dreamer, ponderer at night (x’s are mine)

[laura antolin @lauralib]

🎉 Just had an incredible experience attending ABOS 2024 Annual Conference - Racing to Serve: Beyond the Walls! 🎉 - via #Whova event app

[laura antolin @lauralib]

@MSVehicles #racingwithMSV

[laura antolin @lauralib]

OMG! Tim Walz is gonna be turned into an action figure 🙌💯 https://t.co/duCVyhZNGz

[Lousy Librarian @LousyLibrarian]

It's always exciting to glimpse your first #saturdaylibrarian of the year. Watch for its distinctively drab plumage and characteristic air of resignation.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"We cannot deeply love anything without becoming vulnerable to loss. And we cannot become separate people, responsible people, connected people, reflective people without some losing and leaving and letting go."

On necessary losses: https://t.co/hpQRFYrQG1

[laura antolin @lauralib]

@Theholisticpsyc Evanston, illinois

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

GIVEAWAY: I’m giving away a signed copy of my upcoming book. 6 DAYS UNTIL RELEASE.

TO ENTER:
1. Retweet this
2. Comment where you’re from
Good luck!
Preorder here: https://t.co/2elUR7E7qb

[Lousy Librarian @LousyLibrarian]

-Do you have this book?
-No we don't.
-Do any other branches?
-No.
-And you don't have it?
-No.
-Does another branch?
-No.
-But do you have it anywhere?
-No.
-You really don't have it?
-Actually by asking six times you have broken the old witch's curse & now I can give it to you

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

The Paris Review mourns the loss of Louise Glück (1943-2023). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her poems from our archive.

https://t.co/J4pscv0vA3

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it."

Le Guin on the magic of real human communication https://t.co/GXxtXreLt2

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"The truth about love is that it is often bewildering and unknowable. You may never know if you have made the right choice. But when love is true, you embrace all the unknowns… It isn’t perfect… It doesn’t need to be. It is, simply, what fills you up." https://t.co/J1IHzMPi7b

[laura antolin @lauralib]

@MrsDloves2read That’s really disheartening

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

7 Signs You're Creating A More Secure Attachment Style:

1. You're directly asking for what you want, rather than expecting people to read your mind.

2. When you feel hurt or disrespected, you're expressing it and setting boundaries.

3. Even though you feel like shutting down at times, you can recognize it and have uncomfortable conversations.

4. When your partner is a little distant or needs more space, you're taking it less personally.

5. You have tools and can self soothe after stressful conversations. You can also ask for help and support if you need it.

6. You're more comfortable letting people see the messy imperfect parts of you instead of trying to appear perfect.

7. After you hurt someone or you act in ways you're not proud of you're learning to own it and repair, which has helped you feel much more confident.

Bookmark and start creating a more secure attachment style.

Are YOU noticing this within yourself?

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

On Shel Silverstein's birthday, his timeless illustrated allegory for the simple secret of love and the key to healthy relationships https://t.co/M3yOAicTlb

[laura antolin @lauralib]

In Passing
by Lisel Mueller

How swiftly the strained honey
of afternoon light
flows into darkness

and the closed bud shrugs off
its special mystery
in order to break into blossom:

as if what exists, exists
so that it can be lost
and become precious.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Immortality is not a matter of more or less time."

Beautiful short read: https://t.co/NxSdmKQUjp

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"This is the affliction of being human in a time of science: We spend our lives struggling to understand, when often we will have done well, peering out through those narrow chinks, just to apprehend."

Mars and our search for meaning https://t.co/tybjEeqJBN

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

John Coltrane, born on this day in 1926, on perseverance against rejection, the innovator's mindset, and how hardship fuels art https://t.co/W96cdOXKKK

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Leonard Cohen (who would have been 89 today) and the art of stillness https://t.co/h8AtM3w9BM

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

On Leonard Cohen’s birthday, the story behind his iconic lyric “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” — a poignant lens on democracy, its fractures, and its redemptions https://t.co/nXIG2yO8Tu

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"There is only one solitude, and it is large and not easy to bear... People are drawn to the easy... But it is clear that we must hold ourselves to the difficult."

Rilke on the relationship between solitude, love, sex, and creativity https://t.co/kewigDDbGN