My Light Therapy Findings

There have been many questions regarding light therapy and risks, as well as the benefits. Don’t confuse light therapy with UVA/ UVB/ UV/ UVC, which can cause skin cancer. I recently began adding red light therapy to my skincare. Before adding light therapy, I researched the topic to gain a better understanding of it. Difference…
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One Book, One Coast

One Book, One Coast is Happening Now! California, Washington, and Oregon libraries have come together for One Book, One Coast. The goal is to celebrate literacy, learning, community, and civil discourse. This year's title is They Called Us Enemy by George Takei. Physical copies are available to borrow while supplies last, and there will be…
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National Beer Day

National Beer Day is April 7. This unofficial holiday commemorates when, back in 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act came into force, allowing the sale of low-alcohol beer. (Prohibition came fully to an end later that year, with the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.)  Fun Facts About Beer Beer was first brewed some 7,000 years ago, in…
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Graphic Memoirs

The Graphic Memoir: A graphic memoir illustrates a life in comic form. This genre has become increasingly popular, particularly after the success of Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art Spiegelman. After this work won the Pulitzer Prize (the only graphic novel to do so thus far), a wider acceptance of the graphic memoir opened up…
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Trans Day of Visibility with the Trans Rights Readathon

This blog was written by SJPL Librarian, Nina Zeininger International Trans Day of Visibility, a holiday launched in 2009 by activist Rachel Crandall-Crocker, takes place each year on March 31. This is a day to recognize and honor those in our communities who identify as transgender and gender expansive. The transgender spectrum may also include people who identify as non-binary, agender, genderqueer, 2Spirit), and gender fluid.  Aligning with Trans Day of…
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Young Adult Poetry

Young adults, leaving childhood and looking forward to adulthood and independence, have something important for all of us to learn. For younger children, it is the wisdom of what is to come, and to see what is next in store for their lives. For adults, it is to look back on the potential of what…
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