Ashley Larsen

@loudestlibrarian

Librarian. Ukulele enthusiast. Insomniac

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Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jun 27

This bio (of an actor with a minor role in Voicemails for Isabelle) is insane! I feel so inadequate now.

Toby Sandeman is an English actor and double gold medalist who represented Great Britain in the 200m. He is also an international model, whose fashion career highlights include being the face of several Ralph Lauren campaigns, walking for Calvin Klein and shooting with Naomi Campbell for British Vogue magazine.

Born in Hammersmith, west London, Sandeman is of Jamaican and French-English descent. He moved to Barbados with his mother from the age of 4 to 15. At 11 years old, he was the youngest in the country to be knighted by the Governor General and receive the Barbados Bravery Medal for saving a father and two sons from drowning. Growing up in the islands there was little opportunity for him to explore his interest in acting but it remained a hidden desire throughout his athletic career.

In 2012, after retiring from athletics, he enrolled in a 2 year Meisner-based acting conservatory to pursue his childhood dream.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· May 12

A picture of my cat blinking

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· May 8

Current mood

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Apr 10

Today someone brought a new service animal into the library. It was a rooster.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Mar 26

I just finished reading The Price of Mercy by Emily Galvin-Almanza. It's an incredibly compelling, infuriating, yet ultimately hopeful book about everything that's wrong with our criminal justice system, as well as concrete, proven ways to make it better. I wish everyone would read it.

The cover of the book The Price of Mercy: Unfair Trials, A Violent System, and a Public Defender's Search for Justice in America by Emily Galvin-Almanza

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Mar 25

I like how the second most popular answer is Not Sure. Where can I get my Not Sure 2028 bumper sticker?

Graph of the results of a recent Center Square Voters' Voice Poll showing Kamala Harris (at 31 percent) leading the field of 2028 Democratic candidates. The second most popular answer is Not Sure (18 percent), followed by Gavin Newsom at 15 percent.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Feb 27

@katelynburns.com Thank you for the call to action!

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Feb 15

I'm not saying it don't hurt to be awake in this world. But stay awake my darlings. - Marsha P. Johnson

Photo of Marsha P. Johnson from the Faulkner Morgan archive

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Feb 9

There Is No Place for Us by Brian Goldstone is one of the most upsetting books I have ever read, and I think everyone should read it.

Cover of the book There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jan 28

In case you are ever too tired to play with your cat with a piece of string, I just discovered a YouTube channel which is just a piece of string going across the screen.

My cat watching a piece of string on the TV

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jan 12

Today I bought a banjolele
Made of wood and skin and strings.
A fad from a century ago,
When people danced and drank
Like the world was ending.
The way it feels today.

Somehow it survived.
This featherweight piece of history
Full of lost songs.
We too can survive,
If we only keep singing.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jan 1

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Dec 30

I was just struck by this definition of a Windigo (a human turned cannibalistic monster) in the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Kimmerer.

Writer Steve Pitt states that "a Windigo was a human whose selfishness has overpowered their self-control to the point that satisfaction is no longer possible."

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Dec 24

Check out this garbage can shell-ebration in honor of #invertefest!

Many snails of different sizes on a garbage can

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Dec 24

I got bitten by one of these at work today. It was on the floor under the craft cabinet and had one of its mandibles stuck in a blue seed bead. It didn't appreciate my attempts to help. To be fair, I was the one who spilled a box of seed beads earlier this year, so I suppose it was my fault.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Dec 4

A sweet note for the Madagascar hissing cockroaches at the library where I work

The note says, "Cockroachs thank you for your loveing for everyone"

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Nov 30

I will never be as enthralled by anything as my cat is by this one Cat TV video

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Nov 29

Pretending to be a throw pillow is a clever defensive tactic

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Nov 16

I am in love with these Disappointing Affirmations stickers from Dave Tarnowski.

Disappointing Affirmations Sticker Book by Dave Tarnowski

Some of the disappointing affirmation stickers, including "You can do it! But you probably won't."

Some of the Disappointing Affirmations stickers, including "It's okay to not be okay. Everything's fucked."

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Nov 9

I didn't see this snail, but it left a beautiful maze on my doorstep

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Nov 9

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Sep 24

Apropos of nothing really

Photo of a cat sitting on the bent part of a sagging roof with the caption "Remember: Correlation is not causation."

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Sep 17

Not only is there a new Mary Roach book, there's a new Butt or Face!

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Sep 13

A big thank you to @michaelianblack.bsky.social for writing I'm Bored. It's one of my favorite picture books to read at storytime, even on days, like today, when I might prefer to be a potato.

The cover of the picture book I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Aug 24

There needs to be a word for the combination of admiration and revulsion I feel on learning that cellar spiders (like this one I just found) carry their egg sacks around in their mouths until they hatch.

A large cellar spider (aka Daddy Long Legs) carrying its egg sack (filled with an unknown quantity of babies) in its mouth

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Aug 17

I'm working today, but my daughter keeps texting me pictures of this huge wolf spider she found in the garage.

Photo of a wolf spider, possibly Schizocosa maxima

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Aug 4

Watching the Owl House with my teenager, and this line struck me as strangely topical. (My daughter says that's why she's re-watching the show). King: No one wants to think they've wasted their life following the wrong person.

The character King from Disney's animated series The Owl House.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jun 2

Are these lollipops or weapons?

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· Jun 2

I was startled to see this agave plant looming over my backyard fence from next door and looking like the world's biggest asparagus.

Ashley Larsen@loudestlibrarian· May 7

Yesterday I made the rookie mistake of reading a book at storytime without previewing it all the way through. A parent recommended it, and the kids did enjoy guessing what the dog's nose would be on each page: a cloud, a tree, a cactus. But y'all, THE DOG NEVER FINDS HIS NOSE!