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Real Food in Spokane
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on March 19, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kim Harshberger One day I was on a Hulu bender and the same commercial kept popping up. The TV spot was aimed at bringing awareness to food deserts. Well, color me unaware because I had not ever heard of a food desert before. A quick trip to the CDC website helped shed a little […]
Mary, Mary, Gardener Extraordinary
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on March 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley I recently sat down for lunch with my dear friend Mary. While Mary is the last person I’d call contrary—her garden grows and grows. Mary has transformed her standard small city lot into a lush fruit and vegetable paradise. What got you started gardening? Years ago, my elderly neighbor brought over a […]
And Then It’s Spring
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on March 12, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs By Spokane standards, we’ve barely had winter. Nevertheless, I compulsively look at the sunrise/sunset app on my phone to see how incrementally the days are getting longer, I inspect the yard looking for the tiniest hint of green, and I convince myself gloves are for sissies. And I can tell you, it’s […]
Crowdfunding Success Stories: Q&A with comics artist Manny Trembley
Posted in Business and Careers, Explore and Discover, For You on March 11, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen Launching a creative endeavor or a new business usually requires money. Traditionally, acquiring such funding has meant the need for taking out a loan, finding an investor, borrowing from friends or family, or spending your own hard-earned nest egg. In recent years, we’ve seen yet another option emerge. It is one […]
Tags: comics, crowdfunding, FishTank Books, kickstarter, q&a
Pie (Pi) for a day
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on March 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson For three years in high school, I was a proud Mathlete. That means I voluntarily spent my free time studying and competing against others on how quickly I could solve math equations. Between Mathletes, Knowledge Bowl, and Chamber Orchestra, I could have easily filled the world’s geekiest letterman’s jacket if I had […]
Ham On Regal
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, Parents and Teachers on February 26, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Aileen Luppert A person must have incredible dedication, passion and drive to agree to volunteer 20 hours a week, for months at a time, on top of a full-time job. Would you give up 8 hours every Saturday for three months? Tom Blue, and thousands of volunteers over the last 52 years have done […]
School Lunch Ideas For Kids
Posted in For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on February 24, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Edmondson What should I pack for my girls’ lunch? This is a question I ask myself often. Usually in the morning when we are running late, one girl can’t find her shoes and the other’s hair isn’t done. So I quickly grab the old standbys, throw them in their lunch bags, and we […]
Tags: Beating the Lunch Box Blues, cooking, food, kids, lunch, recipe review, recipes
A Month Of Meals
Posted in For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on February 19, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kim Harshberger I have received quite a few questions about what my family eats each week since my post about meal planning was published. I realize how hard it can be to get started or even keep up with meal planning. I also know that the weeks I slack off and get out of […]
Tags: cooking, food, recipe review, recipes
Let’s Hear It For #WeNeedDiverseBooks
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on February 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs Just after 6am on the morning of February 2nd, I settled on the couch with my laptop, a fresh cup of coffee, and an uncontrollable mane of bedhead. While my bleary eyes slowly focused on the live webcast of the Youth Media Awards being held right that moment in Chicago, I opened […]
Tags: awards, books, diversity, Youth Media Awards
What To Do in Spokane County
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on February 17, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Brian Vander Veen Recently on the SCLD blog, our deputy director Patrick Roewe wrote about the Libraries Transforming Communities initiative, describing how SCLD has begun reaching out to various groups and individuals within our service area to find out about their aspirations for their communities and about the challenges they face as they rea […]
Tags: events, Spokane County, things to do
