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Random Acts of Kindness
Several years ago I learned about Random Acts of Kindness Day (celebrated yearly on Feb. 17th), and incorporated it yearly into our library arts and crafts classes. The projects we did allowed our...
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Hiking: Real and Virtual
April felt like a very long month. I’m skeptical of my calendar saying it was only thirty days; I think an extra week or two might have been snuck in this year. As essential as it has been to stay...
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Learn Yoga with Rodney Yee
If you’re trying to stay active while stuck at home, and you’ve always thought yoga sounded intriguing but never had time to try it, I have great news! Hoopla, one of the library’s free video apps,...
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How to Make a Face Mask
Masks made by EPL staff for mailing to family and sharing locally. The City of Everett is accepting mask/face covering donations. Instructions can be found here. The CDC is now recommending that...
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Did You Know? (Brain Sand Edition)
That your pineal gland produces tiny gritty bone particles that are called ‘brain sand?’ I found this on page 12 in the book A World of Information by James Brown and Richard Platt. If I was going to...
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Depression isn’t forever
Writing of a personal nature— sharing a part of my life, I take the risk of allowing myself to be exposed. I grew up in a big family and as a kid I felt loved and secure, but once I got into my teens...
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No Where to Go But Up
I’m a boomer and I’m married to one. Our birth years fall before and after the peak year 1957, when 4.3 million baby boomers were born. Growing older is not an option it’s a fact and I’m not alone....
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#Squadgoals: Fellow Fat Girls
Every body is a real body. Let’s get that straight right away. Often I see people online describing “real bodies” as if there is only one type of body that counts. Counts for what, exactly, I’m not...
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Reading for Self-Care
I’m having a difficult time right now coping with some new realities in my life. Work is high-pressure this time of year because there is a ginormous wave of new books coming through the door every day...
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Sarah’s Picks
Have you checked out our Facebook page lately? If not, you now have another reason to since Sarah has been reviewing her favorite reads. In case you missed them, four are published here for your...
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My Journey Into Yoga
Enjoy a post today from Gloria: I began my journey into yoga a few years ago. I was overweight and due to past injuries (broken leg, repeated ankle sprains, plantar fasciitis and osteoarthritis) I...
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Your New Prince or Princess
Well, the new British princess has a lovely name: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana. I wonder if the royals consulted a name book before they chose so wisely. Did you know that the library has a parenting...
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Tie on Your Big Girl Shoes and Run
Motivation Though it often comes as a surprise to friends, family, and even total strangers, I enjoy running. If I were ever to take on a triathlon, the organizers would politely put me in the Athena...
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My Stomach: the Strong, Sensitive Type
I love to eat. I can demolish healthy foods, spicy foods, exotic foods, comfort foods, or the type of horribly unhealthy grub you’d find at state fairs. I take on all comers; the problem is, my...
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If I Could Turn Back Time
Excuse me for inviting you to buy into our youth-obsessed cultural stereotypes, but have you ever wanted to look, feel, or actually be younger? Turns out all of these are possible, although the last...
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Did You Know? (Rabies Edition)
You almost certainly can’t get rabies from a squirrel? Squirrels can get rabies but there has never been a documented case of squirrel to human transmission. I found this information on page 130 in the...
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Fitness for a New Year
Fear not it’s not too late! If you didn’t get a jumpstart on that diet or workout plan you intended to start January 1st, Everett Public Library is a good place to start. The library has a myriad of...
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It’s the Most Grumbleful Time of the Year
For the most part my transition into my thirties was pretty smooth; no real shocking changes other than people all of a sudden assuming I had an issue with my age. The only thing I’ve found a little...
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Physician Heal Thyself
I’m not sure exactly when the shift happened, but doctors, in the real world at least, are no longer considered infallible gods. This is great when it comes to getting second opinions and not being...
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Did You Know? (Egg Edition)
Eggs contain almost all vitamins except C and are a wealth of minerals including iodine, phosphorous, sulphur, zinc, iron, selenium and potassium? I found this information on page 9 in the book How to...
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