LAUREL DECHER

“Life in the Seven Kingdoms is never dull . . .” –Jen McConnel, School Library Journal

Category: Library Love

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Half a Library: 6 Libraries That Changed My Life

A new library is born. Hard-working librarian who made a half a library into a whole. In 1775, James Boswell wrote, “A man will turn

January 20, 2016

Detailed 3D model of castle, church, moat and outbuildings. Schloss Horst Museum, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Rituals for Starting Work: medieval construction, coal mining, printing presses

Medieval construction workers building Schloss Horst. ©Laurel Decher, 2015 Over the weekend, I visited a castle, the Schloss Horst Museum in Gelsenkirchen, a printing press,

August 17, 2015