Location: Federal Way Public Library
Time: 5-7
Date: 2/11/2015
Today, there were only two children, one older kid and an
infant. Another kid, middle-school age, was doing homework in the back of the
adult room. We had planned to make Valentine’s cards, and started to make a few
after some negotiation with our one attendee, who wanted to read.
Again we had to move into the adult room at 6, time for
storytime. There were a few kids in the children’s section of the library who
gathered for storytime, which is good because I had felt bad that the librarian
had shown up and there were no kids with us who would sit through storytime. The
infant was not feeling well and fussy, the other was reading on her own. Since
there was not much for Willa and I to do, we made cards in the back of the
adult room.
At the end there was an interesting scenario, as we were packing to leave. A gentleman walked into the room, towards the back without saying anything, grabbed coffee, then asked what the event was as he left the room. I heightened my awareness when he walked in, but thought little of it until Ivette engaged a conversation in the car on this with all of us and asked me what my thoughts were. Mostly since he hadn't said anything when he entered, I was watching him, trying to figure out what he wanted. But I was on guard, as this was a man entering into a space filled with women and children.
We want this to be a space welcoming to everyone, so this is an interesting thing to think about, how we judge those who enter as belonging or not.
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