I Know What HSSML Librarians Did This Vacation
Librarians don’t go on vacation. The library is their vacation. So the next question is – got fun, meh? TNL can tell you with a straight-face, nary a single twitch – “Woo…
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Happy Birthday, Gustav Klimt!
This is one sensual piece, for sure. Words that describe “The Kiss” pale by comparison to what Gustav Klimt shows in the details of his famous work. You can talk…
Continue readingPastel Art in Singapore
Pastels gives a tactile experience that you can’t get out of watercolors or oils. Pastel Art in Singapore – a book of pastel art works – caught TNL’s eye when she…
Continue readingMake Good Art
Neil Gaiman gave the commencement speech at Philadelphia’s the University of the Arts on 17 May. The video has gone viral, with more than 97,00 views. Neil gave good advice seasoned…
Continue readingThank You, NTU Librarians
TNL just came back from the 33rd IATUL Conference at NTU. She was invited as a guest blogger (along with NLB’s Rambling Librarian). And she has this to say, “Mr…
Continue readingLanyards
TNL received the latest NUS Libraries lanyard recently. Lanyards are a nuisance for the old girl. Yanking her when it gets caught in drawers, around handles, knobs. Never quite staying still on…
Continue readingThe Great Book Exchange
We set off in high spirits, my dad, my maid and I. We were dreaming of neat piles of books which were awaiting new owners. Dad had received a coupon…
Continue readingMortimer the Cat
It is so easy when we see things to do as tasks so that we can complete them efficiently. We are good at that kind of stuff. Mortimer the cat is dead.…
Continue readingLa Luna (Or How TNL Got Her Groove Back)
It takes a moon. Go figure. Walking back home one balmy evening, TNL looked up in the grey evening sky and there it was – a slice of lemon in…
Continue readingTrees Die Too
First the rabbit, now the tree. Every day for the longest time, TNL would walk a little slip road to get to her library. Nobody ever takes this road. It…
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