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Amanda Etches

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Amanda Etches's Blog

#the100dayproject, 2021 Edition

Another round of The 100 Day Project is in the bag! This is the fourth time I’ve participated (third time completed) and it’s a real learning experience, every time.

For this round I drew stuff in the city where I live (Hamilton, Ontario) and used the hashtag #100daysofhamont. My intentions for the project definitely evolved over the course of the 100 days and I’ve spent a bit of time over the pas

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Average rating: 3.94 · 250 ratings · 40 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Useful, Usable, Desirable: Applying User Experience Design to Your Library by Amanda Etches (Goodreads Author), Aaron Schmidt 3.95 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	User Experience (UX) Design for Libraries (THE TECH SET® #18) by Aaron Schmidt and Amanda Etches, Amanda Etches (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Case Against Sugar

by Gary Taubes (Goodreads Author)

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Butter

by Asako Yuzuki

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A Thousand Mornings: Poems

by Mary Oliver

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Amanda’s Quotes

“Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
― Mary Oliver

tags: life-lessons

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“Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.”
― Anne Lamott

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“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

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“Joy is the best makeup.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Anne Lamott

tags: christianity, fundamentalism, god, humor, idolatry, misattributed-to-anne-lamott, spirituality, truth

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