Maureen
@elvenjaneite.bsky.social
Reader, crafter, gardener, children's librarian.
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January newsletter, featuring updates on various projects and a long list of middle grade sff coming out this quarter: buttondown.com/singinglight...
The new Seven Dials adaptation is so deeply unserious. I am screaming.
January 31, 2026 at 4:47 AM
The new Seven Dials adaptation is so deeply unserious. I am screaming.
Friday Five
🎧 The Verifiers by Jane Pek
🍵blue lotus chai
📷 a watercolor my dad painted
🎉 hanging out with my mom & her dog!
💭 families are so complicated
🎧 The Verifiers by Jane Pek
🍵blue lotus chai
📷 a watercolor my dad painted
🎉 hanging out with my mom & her dog!
💭 families are so complicated
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Friday Five
🎧 The Verifiers by Jane Pek
🍵blue lotus chai
📷 a watercolor my dad painted
🎉 hanging out with my mom & her dog!
💭 families are so complicated
🎧 The Verifiers by Jane Pek
🍵blue lotus chai
📷 a watercolor my dad painted
🎉 hanging out with my mom & her dog!
💭 families are so complicated
cw pet death: sad news over here as we lost our sweet Wimsey cat sometime last night after surgery 💔
January 28, 2026 at 11:06 AM
cw pet death: sad news over here as we lost our sweet Wimsey cat sometime last night after surgery 💔
Made a lot of good food this month! Some favorites (links/sources noted where possible):
- Sausage beans & greens soup (very adaptable with different sausages, types of beans & types of greens)
- Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/roas...
- Sausage beans & greens soup (very adaptable with different sausages, types of beans & types of greens)
- Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/roas...
roast chicken with schmaltzy cabbage
Cabbage cooked slowly in salty buttery chicken drippings until charred at the edges and caramelized throughout is the real star of this deeply cozy and rewarding three-ingredient roast chicken.
smittenkitchen.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Made a lot of good food this month! Some favorites (links/sources noted where possible):
- Sausage beans & greens soup (very adaptable with different sausages, types of beans & types of greens)
- Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/roas...
- Sausage beans & greens soup (very adaptable with different sausages, types of beans & types of greens)
- Roast Chicken with Schmaltzy Cabbage smittenkitchen.com/2020/04/roas...
ALA youth media awards this morning! Such a bright spot & a joy to watch with library pals 💜
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
ALA youth media awards this morning! Such a bright spot & a joy to watch with library pals 💜
No storytime update today as we are snowed in!
January 26, 2026 at 1:11 PM
No storytime update today as we are snowed in!
Currently reading 1/25/26 📚
January 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Currently reading 1/25/26 📚
Where is the backyard pond? Yeah, not sure.
January 25, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Where is the backyard pond? Yeah, not sure.
Reposted by Maureen
When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
The Way of Water: On the Quiet Power of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Activism
In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—li…
lithub.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM
When I wrote this a year ago I had no idea how bad things would get. Today, eight years after she left us, I'm trying to follow Ursula's advice: write and worry. Write and act. Worry and keep writing.
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
lithub.com/the-way-of-w...
Friday Five
📘 Charmed Life reread
🎧 Jocks in Jills MPP episode!!
🎉 headed to Oregon soon to see my mom
🍳 made a lot of good food this week
📷 January morning light
📘 Charmed Life reread
🎧 Jocks in Jills MPP episode!!
🎉 headed to Oregon soon to see my mom
🍳 made a lot of good food this week
📷 January morning light
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Friday Five
📘 Charmed Life reread
🎧 Jocks in Jills MPP episode!!
🎉 headed to Oregon soon to see my mom
🍳 made a lot of good food this week
📷 January morning light
📘 Charmed Life reread
🎧 Jocks in Jills MPP episode!!
🎉 headed to Oregon soon to see my mom
🍳 made a lot of good food this week
📷 January morning light
...I checked out way too many library books this week
January 22, 2026 at 11:25 PM
...I checked out way too many library books this week
Reposted by Maureen
I am exTREMEly flattered and touched that someone thought my piece on reskinned fanfic was worth a BSFA nom! I'll link it in a reply and would be thrilled if anyone wants to vote for it for the shortlist. <3
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January 22, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I am exTREMEly flattered and touched that someone thought my piece on reskinned fanfic was worth a BSFA nom! I'll link it in a reply and would be thrilled if anyone wants to vote for it for the shortlist. <3
Not one of our storytime kids pitching a fit because 1) I didn't drop everything to do Zoom Zoom Zoom with him and 2) his mom would not let him explore our office 😂
January 21, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Not one of our storytime kids pitching a fit because 1) I didn't drop everything to do Zoom Zoom Zoom with him and 2) his mom would not let him explore our office 😂
beautiful sun, but TOO COLD
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
beautiful sun, but TOO COLD
Why is it so cold?? 🥶 😭
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Why is it so cold?? 🥶 😭
A couple of middle grade sff releases this month that I'm excited to read! Destiny of the Diamond Princess by Sherri Winston (1/20) and The Star of Moon Village by Jennifer Ann Richter (1/27).
January 19, 2026 at 12:52 AM
A couple of middle grade sff releases this month that I'm excited to read! Destiny of the Diamond Princess by Sherri Winston (1/20) and The Star of Moon Village by Jennifer Ann Richter (1/27).
Currently reading 1/18/2026 📚
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Currently reading 1/18/2026 📚
Went out to feed the chickens and I think I saw a pair of dark-eyed junco birds! Very dramatic & lovely as they flew away.
January 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Went out to feed the chickens and I think I saw a pair of dark-eyed junco birds! Very dramatic & lovely as they flew away.
afternoon bump!
January newsletter, featuring updates on various projects and a long list of middle grade sff coming out this quarter: buttondown.com/singinglight...
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
afternoon bump!
January newsletter, featuring updates on various projects and a long list of middle grade sff coming out this quarter: buttondown.com/singinglight...
January 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
January newsletter, featuring updates on various projects and a long list of middle grade sff coming out this quarter: buttondown.com/singinglight...
Friday Five
🍵 Tetley’s, because sometimes that's what I need
📘 Cinder House by Freya Marske
🧶 Textured shawl
🎉 Off work for four whole days!
📸 winter goldenrod
🍵 Tetley’s, because sometimes that's what I need
📘 Cinder House by Freya Marske
🧶 Textured shawl
🎉 Off work for four whole days!
📸 winter goldenrod
January 16, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Friday Five
🍵 Tetley’s, because sometimes that's what I need
📘 Cinder House by Freya Marske
🧶 Textured shawl
🎉 Off work for four whole days!
📸 winter goldenrod
🍵 Tetley’s, because sometimes that's what I need
📘 Cinder House by Freya Marske
🧶 Textured shawl
🎉 Off work for four whole days!
📸 winter goldenrod
Despite the pressure (internal or external) to keep up with the latest hot releases, it’s nice to slow down and look back instead. Here’s my review for Begone the Raggedy Witches by Celine Kiernan, a middle grade fantasy I really enjoyed: bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/b...
January 15, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Despite the pressure (internal or external) to keep up with the latest hot releases, it’s nice to slow down and look back instead. Here’s my review for Begone the Raggedy Witches by Celine Kiernan, a middle grade fantasy I really enjoyed: bysinginglight.wordpress.com/2019/01/17/b...
already thinking about this year's gardening season, so here's another favorite seed company: trueloveseeds.com
Truelove Seeds - Vegetable, Herb, and Flower Seeds
Truelove Seeds is a farm-based seed company offering culturally important and open pollinated vegetable, herb, and flower seeds. Our seeds are grown by more than 20 small-scale urban and rural farmers...
trueloveseeds.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
already thinking about this year's gardening season, so here's another favorite seed company: trueloveseeds.com
Reposted by Maureen
Claudette Colvin reflects why segregation and the Civil Rights Movement weren’t “a long time ago.” Rest.
www.wsfa.com/2026/01/13/c...
www.wsfa.com/2026/01/13/c...
Civil Rights legend Claudette Colvin dies at 86
Civil Rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died, her family and foundation confirmed Tuesday afternoon.
www.wsfa.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Claudette Colvin reflects why segregation and the Civil Rights Movement weren’t “a long time ago.” Rest.
www.wsfa.com/2026/01/13/c...
www.wsfa.com/2026/01/13/c...