Kelly, The Librarian.

My daughter thinks I'm cool. I'm a special collections librarian, knitter, mom, and about a million other things. All my views are my own, as they should be.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

In Oxford, as ever, vast crowds of people turned out at 6 am this May Day morning to hear the choir of Magdalen College sing songs of spring and listen to the ringing of the bells. If you don’t mind getting up early, it’s a magical experience.

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Ending the week on a lovely note, by receiving a lovely note. ❤️👏

Bonus points for still calling it Twitter/tweets 👏👏

Bonus bonus points for the Just So Stories postage stamp! 👏👏👏

[Nostos @NostosLit]

― Virginia Woolf, The Waves

[Kelly, The Librarian. @LitKnitWit]

Hey @USPS @USPSHelp — any idea how to dislodge this from my mailbox? My signed book is torn, smashed, and jammed—leaving me crushed.

[Kelly, The Librarian. @LitKnitWit]

Hey @USPS and @USPSHelp. The signed book I bought was shoved in the mailbox, wedged, torn, and won’t come out. Was it that hard to walk two doors down and drop off the package?

[NavalHistoricalFnd @USNavyHistory]

Godzilla and Bikini Atoll? Guest post by @LitKnitWit https://t.co/G9TfMIB3M8

[Lexi @lexiosborne]

Taco Bell, Olive Garden, Chipotle, and State Farm coming together today over Travis Kelce’s old tweets is hilarious. 😂

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

Harima & Yabashi, twin fairies who resemble the railings on Harimaya Bridge in Kochi City, made it into NHK news.
https://t.co/aoknl9BC5O

[Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary]

Today is #NationalAuthorsDay so we've taken all the stuff we've got that's been written by authors and put them all on shelves for people to borrow for FREE.

If it goes well, we might just make it a thing.

[Ernie @SesameErnie]

What a lovely rubber duckie! 🧡

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

in the coming year we’re resisting the temptation to tone down what makes us unique for the sake of impressing others. we’re embracing our cringe. we’re leaning into our nerdery. we’re shucking the people who can’t accept us and forging friendship with like-minded weirdos

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

🧵 It’s nearly Hallowe’en and I’m thinking about the time Charles Dickens pranked a local carpenter by asking him to open a cupboard that had been jammed shut. The carpenter opened the cupboard and two skeletons sprang out, scaring the poor man half to death.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

To grouches near and far: we love you for who you are. Happy #NationalGrouchDay! 💚🗑️

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Men, start giving your partners more inventive compliments. “You have the sort of face that a Victorian novelist would describe as amiable.” “You could play Tony Blair’s wife in a movie starring Timothee Chalamet.” Try it!

[Kelly, The Librarian. @LitKnitWit]

@sarahkaybierle I went with my family when it came out; there was an intermission for popcorn and everything!!

[Mondo Mascots @mondomascots]

Burito-kun, a yellowtail fish mixed with a bullet train, is the mascot for the Hokuriku Shinkansen train.

[Official Bluey TV @OfficialBlueyTV]

GEE! Open this thread for a #FridayThe13th jumpscare! 😱 ⬇️

#Bluey

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I hope this weekend you can resist the terrible compulsion to be *productive.* I hope you find time to read and dance and create for their own sakes and not for any profit. I hope you have moments of being just overcome with joy by the weirdness and wonder of being.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

CONSERVATIVES: Back in our day literature was MORAL and DECENT

CHAUCER: Alison’s husband farts thunderously in Nicholas’ face when he bangs at the window wanting a smooch

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

You begin to grow up on the day you stop caring about “leaving a good impression” and start to embrace being gloriously unhinged.