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Junelle Mah

Junelle (she/her) holds a BSc in Human Ecology from the University of Alberta and a MA in Professional Communication from Royal Roads University. She is deeply rooted in lessons passed on to her from the matriarchs of her family, which includes a love of kitties & quilting.

    Stay-at-Home Hobbyists: Part II

    by Junelle Mah
    written by Junelle Mah

    Our stellar staffers share more hobbies and interests during our sixth week of sheltering-in-place.

    The author strings a tie through a home-sewn bag with pins, clips, and her laptop on the desk.
    The author strings ties through a home-sewn ‘Scrub Bag’ on her sewing table, turned Work From Home computer desk.

    Welcome to the second instalment of our #StayatHome Hobbyists feature. We ran out of blog room last week as we highlighted the hobbies of some of our library staffers, so we are pleased to have you join us as we continue our showcase.

    Librarian David Sulz has been known to bust out an impromptu concert in the Rutherford South Office, often in perfect harmony with musical co-conspirators Lucinda & Doris. As he strums his guitar at home, one wonders if his kitty shares the same enthusiasm for song that his colleagues do?

    We eagerly await the live stream concert by the band ‘Feisst’…as in Education Librarian, Deb Feisst. Deb says she is trying to form a family rock band, complete with oboe! Knowing Deb, the virtual ‘tour’ t-shirts are going to be stellar.

    Indigenous Initiatives Resident Gabrielle Lamontagne has an incredibly inspiring, and zen, space to practice her hobbies. The librarian has a newfound love of woodblock carving; a craft that was inspired by an art course. We are eager to see the end results!

    Our Research Data Management Services Coordinator James Doiron gives us an incredibly large amount of envy with his extensive collection of gaming goodies. Just looking at this photo we don’t know if we should pack fourth breakfasts for the trip to Mordor, warm-up our wrists for inevitable light sabre duels, or rub our temples with our fingers to prep our brains for a scintillating game of Risk.

    U of A Library’s IT Services Coordinator Rebecca Morgan started adding to her comic collection! She shared her pull list from March 11th, which includes: Cable #1 by Gerry Duggan & Phil Noto, Jessica Jones Blind Spot #5 by Kelly Thompson & Mattia De Iulis (cover Valerio Giangiordano & Marcio Menyz), and Dark Agnes #2 by Becky Cloonan, Luca Pizzari, Andrea Broccardo & Jay David Ramos (cover Stephanie Hans).

    We hope that you have enjoyed the interests and hobbies of our staffers and would love to hear from you if we have helped inspire you to pick up a new or forgotten hobby. Reach out to us on social media, @uofalibrary on Facebook, Instagram, &/or Twitter. We invite you to subscribe to our newsletter (scroll down to the bottom right side of this page) and hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe!

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    by Junelle Mah

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