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October 25, 2008
Service to Homeschooling Families: Workshops for Library Staff in California
I’ve been preparing for these workshops for months, but it’s only now that I’m doing the final preparations for my first presentation in San Francisco at the beginning of December that I truly believe it’s all going to happen.
WOO HOO!
I try to confine my homeschooling thoughts to articles and my Homeschooling and Libraries blog (which, okay, I don’t update enough), but this is too exciting not to share with the rest of you. First, I get to spend a lot of time talking about homeschooling, which I love. Second, California is a big state with a lot of homeschoolers who are well-organized and influential on a national level. Third, it turns out I have quite a few friends here and there in California. And, last, it’s CALIFORNIA—and in the winter besides. There is a very real possibility that I will see the sun.
If you’re a librarian and want to learn more about the workshops (program description, dates, times, locations, registration info), please do visit the Infopeople website. In the meantime, I think I need to take a few minutes to bask in how very fortunate I am.
Posted by adrienne at October 25, 2008 02:32 PM
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Now that's good scheduling--California in winter. Your workshop looks awesome.
Posted by: Sara at October 25, 2008 03:09 PM
Adrienne, congratulations! That's so cool. If you update this blog shortly in advance of each trip, I'll post to some of the national homeschooling lists I'm on, to alert the Californians. Did you know that Melissa Wiley, the author of the "Laura Ingalls" prequels, lives in San Diego and homeschools? Only problem is that I think her new baby is due in January. Her blog is http://melissawiley.com/blog/.
Posted by: Deb at October 25, 2008 03:43 PM
Sara, I wish I was that good. It was just lucky for me that they wanted me in the winter.
Deb, Thank you! I will. You know, I knew Melissa Wiley as a blogger/homeschooler and I knew that there was a Melissa Wiley who wrote Little House books, but I somehow never made the connection that these two Melissa Wileys were the same person. Cool! I just added her to my blogroll.
Posted by: adrienne at October 25, 2008 04:55 PM
Rock on, Adrienne! :)
Posted by: Little Willow at October 26, 2008 09:26 PM
Your workshop *does* look great! They're in good hands.
Posted by: jules at October 27, 2008 10:00 AM
YEAH!!!!
Posted by: Kelly at October 27, 2008 02:52 PM
I joked about being your roadie on one of these workshops, but the offer is for real and stands. It sounds like it will be really interesting and I want to listen in.
Posted by: chuck at October 27, 2008 04:46 PM
Little Willow and Jules, Thanks! :)
Kelly and Chuck, I am so looking forward to all my trips and seeing you guys. Chuck, I'd love it if you came to one of the workshops. Just be forewarned that I almost always say something crazy when I'm standing in front of a group. I cannot seem to help myself.
Posted by: adrienne at October 27, 2008 10:10 PM
Adrienne, this is so fantastic! Infopeople are great to work for & with, and I know your workshops are going to be one gazillion kinds of brilliant and practical and engaging and just what CA librarians need. Congratulations! And also: your book will (finally!) be on its way to you this week. Pinky swear!
Posted by: Sophie at November 1, 2008 09:56 PM
Thanks, Sophie--they have been wonderful to work with so far, so helpful and knowledgeable.
I'm very much looking forward to seeing Pop Goes the Library: THE BOOK! I did get to peek at a copy, and what I saw made me want to keep reading.
Posted by: adrienne at November 1, 2008 10:31 PM
I'm sorry we've been so poky -- we wanted to sign them together, and we bought special thematic bookplates. Then, we were going to get together in September to do the signing (we live in different parts of NJ so we really only see each other in person at various NJLA events), but then a TREE fell on Liz's car! So we had to wait til mid-ish October, and *then* we had to wait til I got paid so I could afford to mail them out. Whew! I hope it'll be worth the wait. :-)
Posted by: Sophie at November 2, 2008 09:39 PM