Here I am, 30 years into being a librarian, in Portsmouth. And now, all of a sudden, I choose to get creative! I heard about a website that lets you make your own books, and thought it would be a great activity for our sixth graders.I suggest it, folks…

Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg That’s easy for you to say! This is actually the ancestral name of Lake Webster and also the longest place name in the US.More info on Lake Webster here and of course the wikipedia entry.More on long words…

My new favorite country band. The guy on the far left is sorta but not really my cousin. This is a bad recording, so you should go out and get their new cd.

Farewell, for now!

You scored as Maximus, After his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus’s assassins. He became a gladiator, hoping to dominate the colosseum in order to one day get the chanc…