Episode 41: Around the world with Mill Creek librarian Darlene Weber
Sep 27, 2019
They say that reading a book can take you around the world.
For Darlene Weber, manager of the Mill Creek Library, that is literally true.
Weber is a world-class hiker, including numerous hiking vacations and even a hut-to-hut excursion in the Spanish Pyrenees mountains.
And how does she plan those trips?
"Well, I work...
Episode 40: On the path to higher education with Paul Pitre
Sep 20, 2019
WSU Everett Chancellor Paul Pitre’s career path wasn’t always taking him toward higher-education administration.
But once he got there, it all made sense.
With a bachelor’s degree in communications studies from Western Washington University in hand, Pitre started working in Seattle-area media jobs.
“I worked at...
Episode 39: The art of writing in the rain with Garth Stein
Sep 13, 2019
Even Garth Stein cries over his books.
“The Art of Racing in the Rain” is well-known to readers and movie-goers as a tearjerker. Stein says he rented space at a Seattle pizza restaurant when he was writing the book. “I’d get to an emotional part and be crying,” Stein says. “People would be like, ‘What’s...
Episode 38: The world's top librarian at the greatest library
Sep 6, 2019
Carla Hayden, Ph.D, says the Library of Congress is the biggest - the greatest - library in the world.
Hayden should know, she’s the Librarian of Congress.
And that would make her the world’s top librarian.
Hayden visited the Marysville Library on Aug. 1, 2019, along with Congressman Rick Larsen, and then recently...