Ashlie Swicker
Ashlie Swicker
 

Educator, librarian, writer.

Here to celebrate stories: my own and others, made up and very real.

 
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“Stay angry, little Meg. You will need all your anger now.” -Madeleine L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Eight years later, this still holds true. Don’t go numb.
Election night mood board. Pick the treat you will buy yourself and the cause you will champion starting tomorrow. Life goes on after this election and it’s never been more clear: we will have to fight for basic rights, honesty, and empathy fie
“Your sword may be a sermon, or the power of the pen. Teach every child to raise their voice, and then my brothers, then, will justice be demanded by ten million righteous (wo)men. Make them hear you. When they hear you I’ll be near you a
Dress as a Storybook Character 2024 is a wrap 📖
I cannot believe my sweet boy is a teenager. I’m constantly amazed by Milo’s ability to chat with anyone, his vast catalog of memorized NBA facts, his desperation to grow up (slow down!!), and the way he has morphed from a crushingly ador
A dream of a 39th birthday: reading in bed, planning session with my favorite markers, yummy breakfast, a day on the Boston Old Town Trolley, homemade soup, and workaholics. Begin as you mean to go on. 🧁
Last night my lovely friends took me to my first Broadway Rave. It was pretty much every thing I expected, and I thought it was going to be really awesome. Think driving home with your theater kid friends in the car on a Thursday night after rehearsa