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BetsyGriebs
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Chgo area dog & book lover. User of profanity. Work at Winnetka Public Library where access to info and banned books are always available. Dad was in WWII, husband served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Yemen. Use your head, it’s not just a hat rack. 💙📚🐕☘️
Hello #BreakfastCrew Resisters! 😎

It’s my 62nd birthday and I don’t look a day over 61! 🎉🎈🎂🥂🥳🎊🎁

Here’s my #humpday book rec: 🐫
3 generations of smart women, time travel, and a race to stop the meltdown at Chernobyl

#booksky 💙📚💙
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Wish I could be there. Dan’s book is available at the wonderful Winnetka Public Library! 📚
@wnpld.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Was lucky enough to see him at Wrigley just before he passed away. 🎸
November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hello #BreakfastCrew Resisters! 🌝

Ssshhh. 🤫 Sofie, the little lion, is sleeping 😴 🦁
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Here he is. He was surveying a village and some kids kept asking him to buy this little creature. He didn’t have his Arabic-English dictionary with him. He buys it at the end of the day (it’s looking frail). He gets back to his compound, looks up the word - “huh, I just bought a hyena.”
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Good early afternoon #BreakfastCrew Resisters! 😎

Finn has his cousin Sofie visiting 🐕🐾🐶 He got dressed up for her 🤵‍♂️

Have a great day everyone!
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I will put it on display at the Winnetka Public Library! Congratulations!
@wnpld.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚💙
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Good Morning #BreakfastCrew Resisters! Who else saw the Northern Lights last night? Wow! 🤩 Just beautiful 😍

My 🐫 #humpday book rec is Catherine Newman’s ‘Wreck,’ a wonderful follow-up to her ‘Sandwich.’
#booksky 💙📚💙
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
@groveatlantic.bsky.social
The Winnetka Public Library has a copy of ‘The Unveiling’ available! We are big fans of Quan Barry.

#booksky 💙📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@chucktingle.bsky.social Good stuff on display at the Winnetka Public Library! Good news, we don’t ban books in Illinois.

#booksky 💙📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Good morning #BreakfastCrew! We got a little lake effect snow ❄️

The Winnetka Public Library is open for business and as always, banned books are available! 📕

Have a great Monday everybody. 🤓
#booksky 💙📚💙
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Can’t wait to listen with my library’s Libby app! @wnpld.bsky.social
#booksky 💙📚💙
November 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Hello #BreakfastCrew! Happy Weekend 😎
This little guy is enjoying a Friday afternoon snickie snack. 🐿️

I’m finishing a lovely audiobook that I will share next Wednesday. 🐫

#booksky 💙📚💙
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My November display.. gobble up great reads from Iowa Writers’Workshop grads. 💛🖤
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@chuckwendig.bsky.social

Come get your copy at the Winnetka Public Library!

#booksky 💙📚💙
@wnpld.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Good morning #BreakfastCrew! 😎
And Happy #HumpDay 🐫

Hope is in the air 🙌

Betsy’s midweek book rec is ‘Play Nice’ by Rachel Harrison
#booksky 💙📚💙
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hello #BreakfastCrew! Finn wants to show everyone this spectacular elm tree. 🍁 🍂

I’ll have a book rec tomorrow for #humpday 🐫🐪🐫
November 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Hello #BreakfastCrew 😎 Finn is enjoying the gorgeous carpet of leaves 🍁 🍂 thanks to our red maple. 🌳

It was another gorgeous day in Chicagoland today, blue skies for miles! 😎

We had some wonderful walkies and I finished another audiobook! 🐕

#booksky 💙📚💙
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Good afternoon #BreakfastCrew 😎
Finn is enjoying his Sunday/Funday 🐕🐾

He hopes everyone is else is, too! 🤓
November 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hello #BreakfastCrew
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻

Here’s a special Friday/Halloween book rec:

‘We Ride Upon Sticks’ by Quan Barry. Thoroughly enjoyable. 🧹
#booksky 💙📚💙
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Still need a bowling pin
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
@iowawriterswksp.bsky.social @wnpld.bsky.social The Winnetka Public salutes Workshop grads with its November display. 🦃 🍁 🍂

#booksky 💙📚💙
October 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Good morning #BreakfastCrew! Here’s hoping for a happy, healthy #Humpday 🐫
#alliteration

Betsy’s midweek book rec is ‘The Collected Regrets of Clover.’ Kirkus Reviews says “It walks the edge of sentimentality with poignant success.” I couldn’t agree more. I’ll be sad when I finish.
#booksky 💙📚💙
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hello #BreakfastCrew! We had our former neighbor over for dinner last night and Finn enjoyed her company! 🐕 We enjoyed having her over, too. 😎 Our friend Chieko is 90 and looks fabulous both inside and out. ❤️🥰💕

I’ll have a Wednesday book rec tomorrow. 🐫
October 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We had a beautiful walk.
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM