the feminist librarian: a newsletter

  • April 18, 2018 April 2018

    In what seems to be a recurring theme for this year, it's hard to believe spring has arrived when a chilly wind is blowing outside. We had snow on Sunday (!!) and wind and driving rain on Monday. But ...

  • March 14, 2018 March 2018

    Greetings from a surprisingly snowy Boston!

  • March 09, 2018 Bonus PhotoLetter: Geraldine (2008-2017)

    Today is the one-year anniversary of the day our vet discovered the tumor at the base of our sweetheart Geraldine's skull and we had to say goodbye

  • February 19, 2018 February 2018

    And so we have lived through another month of winter and the GOP regime. On this President's Day, I hope you find some #smallacts way to resist, and persist in working toward a better future -- partic...

  • January 20, 2018 January 2018

    This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Women's March; we have lived and resisted through nearly a full year of the Trump administration. This oral history

  • January 05, 2018 Bonus Photoletter: Boston in Winter

    If you're anywhere near the U.S. news, or live in the North American northeast, you'll know that yesterday Boston saw a "bomb cyclone" blizzard that brought wind and snow and frigid temperatures into ...

  • December 24, 2017 December 2017

    'Twas the night before Christmas ... Eve and I am typing this newsletter as I wait for the dough of our Christmas Eve cinnamon rolls to finish their first rise so that I can assemble them and put them...

  • November 15, 2017 November 2017

    I’m writing this letter over lunch at Fornax Bread Company in Roslindale Village on Monday afternoon. This past weekend included a Friday holiday here in Massa...

  • October 16, 2017 October 2017

    I am writing this newsletter at Pavement Coffeehouse near Northeastern University where I am shortly going to start day one of a two-day forum

  • September 16, 2017 September 2017

    September 14th, Hanna and I celebrated our fifth wedding anniversary. We celebrated by taking Thursday and Friday off work -- thank you labor movement for earned vacation time! -- and enjoying some pe...