Want some really good recipes that only take 6 ingredients? Try the Six Ingredients with Six Sisters’ Stuff cookbook. Most of the recipes use things that are readily available on your shelves. This is a great cookbook to have during this time of people staying at home and are not used to cooking. Check it out on Axis360!
It had so many recipes that I wanted to copy, I purchased this cookbook. This is the second of their cookbooks that I have purchased.
There are a total of 9 Six Sisters’ cookbooks. Some also have craft ideas in them. I highly recommend all of them. Check them out when we reopen the library. You won’t be disappointed!
The day was Wednesday, March 11, 2020. I was at New Dawn Retirement Center getting ready to present one of my travel programs about Italy, when the activities assistant came up to me to inform me that they would not be allowing visitors until further notice. Since I was already there and set up I was allowed to go ahead with my presentation. That is when the severity of this Covid-19 Corona Virus really set in.
When I got back to the library I was told by one of the Outreach Department’s volunteers that Hennis Care Centre also was implementing a no visitor policy. I knew then it was just a matter of time before all of the care facilities would be closing down to visitors. Since the majority of my job as the Outreach Librarian centers around these facilities, I knew things were going to be changing.
Before I left for the day, I was informed that the Outreach Department would be shut down until at least the 1st of April.
On Monday the 16th we had a meeting at the library and were notified by our director Jim Gill that the entire library would be temporarily closing. Since I knew that we could not make any deliveries nor do any programs, so I asked if I could work from home. The managers and a few of the rest of us would be doing the same.
My new office has a great view!
This is something that I have embraced.
Some of you may not be aware but, I do travel programs at all of the care facilities and the Senior Center. I put together the PowerPoint programs myself, doing all of my own research. This is something that takes some time.
Now it appears that I have an abundance of time.
Normally I make one new program every month. So far I have been able to finish the program about Canada, create a new one for Fiji and start one for Peru, and today is April 10th. Since we’ve been shut down, I’ve also learned how to record PowerPoint presentations, so everyone can see my Madagascar presentation on YouTube! I have also been giving Liz Strauss, my supervisor, daily fun facts about different countries for her to post on Facebook. That has really been fun.
We have since then been told we will be shut down through April. Oh, to think of all that I can accomplish between now and then!
This disease has affected all of us in some way or another. We may not be able to go shopping or have coffee with a friend, or visit our loved ones, but what we can do is make the best out of a bad situation. I hope that you are all able to get something positive out of the changes that have been happening around us.
Bummed that your Easter celebrations are postponed this year? The Dover Public Library has you covered with a fun activity happening on our website.
This Digital Easter Egg Hunt challenges players to find all 12 of the Easter Eggs hidden on the Dover Public Library website – that’s any page that starts with www.doverlibrary.org.
Usually, I get my social fill at work. As a public
employee, I see and talk to people all day, every day. By the time I get home,
I’m peopled out. I’m ready to play video games and just chill.
Now that I don’t see anyone except my cats all day… I
basically jump at any chance for interaction with another human being.
On top of that, a lot of what I’m working on at home is through my old frenemy, Facebook.
1st Picture of Me on Facebook (posted by a friend)
I was on Facebook back when it was just college kids. Back
then, I never put real photos online or posted anything that might be deemed
inappropriate by a future employer. An overabundance of caution, maybe, but I’ve
always kept Facebook at a distance.
Since then, that distance has done nothing but grow, to the
point where I was only on Facebook for work and often went several days without
checking.
Now, I’m back to checking multiple times a day, scrolling through my feed looking for interesting posts, making sure the world is still spinning, and watching Jack Black dance (click with caution).
And somehow, that’s led me to reconnecting with three people
who, though they’ve had a great impact on my life, I haven’t spoken to in months
or even years.
The first is a friend from Middle and High School. She’s in
another state now and doing what she calls “Quarancrafts” every day to keep her
sanity during this crisis. Her creations are inspirational, and I look forward
to seeing them every day.
The second is a sorority sister who was bummed because she couldn’t read a book she’d been looking forward to because her library was closed. Well, I helped her find it digitally. It’s called The Family that Couldn’t Sleep, by the way, and you can put a hold on it on the Ohio Digital Library.
The third is a good friend who I just haven’t spoken to in a while. We caught up and have been having great conversations, mostly about creative writing. Jane Austen, and board games.
While I hope to never have to go through something like
this again, these reconnections are a silver lining that I’m very grateful for.
Facebook. Who knew you’d be helping me keep my sanity one
day? Certainly not me.
Stay safe and healthy, everyone! Until we meet in person, find me on Facebook!
