Roz Warren

Apparently I’m going to go deaf in my right ear even faster than I was genetically destined to. My new ear, nose, and throat specia ...

I grew up in the Midwest, which means that I was raised to be friendly to strangers, a trait that seems to puzzle folks in the suburban P ...

After fleeing the pharmacy because I just couldn’t bring myself to listen to one more rumpa-pum-pum, I asked my Facebook f ...

Apparently, a certain kind of little boy starts climbing trees as a kid and never wants to come down. I love to walk, and because ...

When Pope Francis comes to Philadelphia, normal life will be thoroughly disrupted for a few days. I, for one, can’t wait. A little ...

Life holds plenty of surprises, especially when you work at a public library. Last week, for instance, we found a banana in the book drop ...

I just turned 60, a milestone at which many folks pause to reflect upon their ...

I came of age in the ’60s, when everyone smoked pot. Plenty of my friends arrived at high school high each day. So did several of m ...

There’s a plan afoot to try to get a woman’s portrait onto American paper currency, and I say it’s about time! ...

Suzy reads every email her 15-year-old son writes to his girlfriend. How? Months ago, David borrowed his mother’s laptop. When he r ...

Every year I make New Year’s resolutions, and every year I break them. So last year I tried something different — resolutions for ...

Are librarians still relevant? Useful? What does being a 21st century librarian mean, really? Who exactly are we? And how does the world ...