Hello Blog Readers,<\/p>\n
Gosh, since the last time I blogged in late February, the world has changed mightily.\u00a0 I\u2019ve so enjoyed reading the many blog posts explaining how librarians across the country are reaching out and connecting to their beloved customers.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t compete with that, and right now, I won\u2019t.\u00a0 This blog post is going to be a more personal one, so I hope you will indulge me!\u00a0 My cousin commented that she has found my social media posts to be \u201cuplifting\u201d during this time.\u00a0 I am simply reposting items I have enjoyed.\u00a0 I\u2019m not creating anything special.\u00a0 But I thought, if I brought her joy, perhaps I could bring some of that to you!<\/p>\n
March 13th<\/sup> was the last day my library was open. The first week I was off, I noted the dire news out of Italy; all four of my grandparents were born there.\u00a0 I myself was inspired by the music Italian citizens were making on their balconies.\u00a0 I was dismayed I lived in a house without a porch because I wanted to copy them!<\/p>\n Best of all, professional singers were joining in on the fun, and I was introduced to Italian opera tenor Maurizio Marchini, who sings from his balcony, often with his young son playing with a toy standing next to him.\u00a0 His voice is just amazing!\u00a0 He posts to his Facebook page about once each week, but that won\u2019t post here for those without an account.\u00a0 I found this<\/a> on YouTube.<\/p>\n Not all great music makers are professional, though.\u00a0 This British family<\/a> sings a parody of \u201cOne Day More\u201d from Les Miserables, and it\u2019s amazing!<\/p>\n \u201cThe Office\u201d and \u201cPaul Ryan\u201d star John Krasinski has started Some Good News<\/a>, a fun \u201cnews\u201d show that will likely move you to tears, both from laughter and sentiment.<\/p>\n Finally, a little home state pride.\u00a0 The great State of Ohio has been receiving almost daily updates at 2 p.m. from our State Government, namely Governor Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton<\/a>.\u00a0 This initially led to an early \u201cHappy Hour\u201d among at-home workers called \u201cWine with DeWine.\u201d (Seriously Google it, non-Ohioans!).\u00a0 Then, a local animator, Stofka Creative Ltd<\/a>., decided the duo needed a theme song<\/a>, and created one to the \u201cLaverne and Shirley\u201d music.<\/p>\n I hope you found yourself amused with some of the above, and that you are somehow finding a way to enjoy your time at home.\u00a0 Please take care and stay healthy!<\/p>\n Opinions and suggestions are the author\u2019s, not those of ALSC or ALA.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello Blog Readers, Gosh, since the last time I blogged in late February, the world has changed mightily.\u00a0 I\u2019ve so enjoyed reading the many blog posts explaining how librarians across the country are reaching out and connecting to their beloved customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1474,1972,36],"tags":[1981],"class_list":["post-23109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-maria-trivisonno","category-pandemic","category-slice-of-life","tag-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}