I have also used my digital library card to use sites like Coursera to learn a new skill, etc. I’m a big fan of libraries over here!
Oh my goodness, I didn’t know about Coursera and was bummed to go look it up and find my library doesn’t participate. But then I saw my library DOES participate with Transparent Language which has ASL as one of its options! You just saved me the $100 I was about to spend on a year of Lingvano. (Well maybe - if the lessons aren’t great I did love Lingvano when I was subscribing to it but I hate to pay subscriptions)
Hello All,
Wouldn't it be great to share the uplifting articles, books, podcasts, e-subscriptions that we're reading these days! Could we develop a separate thread called Library and share this information in one place?
Tell me what you think by giving me a thumbs up, please!
@dannyboy that’s great you found something!
I think they come and go which programs they fund so perhaps Coursera will come back!
I’m not sure what state you are in but in CA they allow you to sign up for a library card at any location in the state. Perhaps another library will have something you are looking for. I currently have City of Los Angeles and County of Los Angeles which do, occasionally, have different options.
I don't think it's necessarily uplifting, but I am rereading Don Delillo's, "The Body Artist."
Libby is GREAT! I use it daily almost. Voracious reader rather than audio book person, but the app is wonderful. I am also big fan of libraries in general. Mother, Uncle, Sister, and Nephew all librarians! Me, I worked in one in my 20s but did not follow into the family industry 😀
Good evening everyone, Today, I gave a HOW (Helping Our Women) client a ride to a dr appt. I volunteer throughout the year for this vital organization. Living on Outer Cape Cod limits access to many choices in medical care. However, we do have dedicated and talented medical personnel and facilities. Today, I met a senior woman who chose to forgo having children and at 25 went through 7 drs before finally finding #8 who agreed to tie her tubes. She knew she never wanted children and never regretted her decision.
Her suffragette grandmother was instrumental in the Seneca Falls convention. Her mother, an active feminist, was highly influential in setting up the first day care, I believe in ny state, and also was recognized by state Dem leaders for her contributions to women and children. Shes said that the dinner table always included lively political discussions.
What a gift this day was for me. We shared histories, experiences, laughed, and commiserated. Bc I’m retired and the Outer Cape becomes “sleepy” in winter, volunteering is an empowering way to help ourselves as well as others. And, bc I had another feminist woman to talk with, my anger released later in the day. It was a therapeutic, emotional, uplifting, empowering experience.
I tend to cocoon when I’m most hurt but I’ve worked on breaking that pattern since we moved here in ‘17 and have branched out. It’s easy to be outside here surrounded by woods and the sea. But in winter when the wind cuts like a knife and takes one’s breath away, it’s also easy to stay indoors.
My point is that I feel it can be therapeutuc for healing, strengthening, and thriving to help others when possible. It also gets me out of my head gymnastics. We just don’t know whose paths we’ll cross when we stretch beyond our usual comfort zones and add value to our days. Be well, friends
@tesseract oh I love this connection to librarians that you have!
I manage blood drives for the Red Cross and am always seeking out new libraries to ask if they would like to be hosts because I always love being in them ☺️
Sometimes in the process of moving forward, you need to process what you are feeling and noticing first.
I am taking note of things (thoughts, feelings, phases) that are repeatedly coming to me right now and am making some observations I would like to share. I am wondering what your own observations are as well.
First- the obvious. The near universal feeling so many intuitive people have express about feeling stunned/blind sided about the results of the election. Not just here on this site but across many platforms and around the world. For so many intuitive people to not see/feel something this huge opens up many questions. Nobody is infallible on these things ( and nobody should ever tell you they are, red flag warning). I have so many questions on this but I will leave them for another day...
Next- the word resist. I have been hearing that word repeatedly. It is quiet but has been popping into my head for days. I then noticed others here mention it in some posts here and I have seen it written other places. I also frequently hear the words "resistance is futile" following the initial word resist. (Yes , the phrase was made famous by The Borg on Star Trek and first used as a phrase by the Cybermen in an early black and white episode of Doctor Who.) Resistance was never futile in these sci fi stories. In the end, no matter who bleak, resistance (combined with persistence) won. As I ponder this, the Cybermen and The Borg were both "collectives". The people choosing to vote for the former president remind me in a weird type of political collective. (Note to self, resistance is NOT futile no matter what the Borg say.) You know, I wonder what type of resistance is being planned and acted upon as I type these words.
Last- peace. Many of us have been feeling a strange sense of peace/calm. I don't understand the "why's" of it but I love the thought of angels holding space for us until we are ready to hold our own space once again.
Oh, one last thing. Did anyone else have a weird wind or storm event the day following the election? I did. It was eerie and almost other worldly.
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I love the thought of angels holding space for us until we are ready to hold our own space once again.
@lovendures, thank you for those words. I really needed to hear them this morning.