I’ve spent a considerable amount of time traveling this month--to book festivals as Author Alex, to librarian and educator conferences as Work Alex, and everywhere in between. This, as usual, involved a lot of plane and train journeys, most of them spent staring out of windows, listening to music, thinking about the stories I’m brainstorming and what I wanted to post about this month. Since we’re so close to the end of the year, and this is the time we all seem to start looking inward and reflecting on our lives, careers, families, and what-have-you, I knew I wanted to step away from the Ask Alex series again and share something deeply meaningful to me. Inspiration struck during the touching tributes that ran through the ALAN program over the past two days. All of these people were torchbearers of sorts; they’d changed or enriched our industry in incredibly meaningful ways. So today, I wanted to take the time to reflect on one of my personal heroes, someone I’ve grown to admire at a near-worshipful level: Ursula Nordstorm.
The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
The Genius of Ursula Nordstrom
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time traveling this month--to book festivals as Author Alex, to librarian and educator conferences as Work Alex, and everywhere in between. This, as usual, involved a lot of plane and train journeys, most of them spent staring out of windows, listening to music, thinking about the stories I’m brainstorming and what I wanted to post about this month. Since we’re so close to the end of the year, and this is the time we all seem to start looking inward and reflecting on our lives, careers, families, and what-have-you, I knew I wanted to step away from the Ask Alex series again and share something deeply meaningful to me. Inspiration struck during the touching tributes that ran through the ALAN program over the past two days. All of these people were torchbearers of sorts; they’d changed or enriched our industry in incredibly meaningful ways. So today, I wanted to take the time to reflect on one of my personal heroes, someone I’ve grown to admire at a near-worshipful level: Ursula Nordstorm.