HR Bumga

31/08/2024

Down to the last day in August but managed to go to a library just in time!! This was the Ross-Cherry Creek branch at and yes, I was immediately pulled to the jigsaw puzzle like a moth to a flame.

30/07/2024

Shoutout to Santa Fe for acknowledging that spooky season has begun 👻

27/07/2024

27/07/2024

Before I post July’s library, I know what you’re thinking, what library did I visit in June as part of my 2024 goal to visit a new library each month? At the end of June we stopped by the Eugene Field Branch of the Denver Public Library, which was a small and pleasant little experience!

26/07/2024

We saw Hamlet by and it was SO SO GOOD. It was an immersive experience that was so well adapted for modern times, favorite edition of Hamlet I’ve seen ever in my life. If you’re ever in Santa Fe you MUST see one of their shows!!! Incredible!!!

25/07/2024

Visited the House of Eternal Return today, so cool!! Honestly, I prefer it over Denver’s Meow Wolf. Convergence Station was cool, but I do love messed up houses.

10/07/2024

Volterra was cool but I didn’t get to save Edward from the Volturi so kinda bummed about that I guess :(

07/07/2024

Day 2 featuring the Uffizi, the Giardino di Boboli, and some incredible French toast. Amazing news, I found a rhinoceros in one of the paintings (“Joseph presents his Father and Brothers to Pharaoh” by Francesco Granacci). Had about a billion photos to choose from but alas, Instagram only allows for ten. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

01/07/2024

Baby’s first Renaissance Faire!!! Our day at was such a blast and I can’t wait to come back a thousand times.

01/07/2024

Got to see a celebrity at Colorado Ren Faire, loved your work in Tears of the Kingdom 🙌🙌

29/06/2024

Realized I never posted my library field trip from May! At the beginning of May, we visited the Castle Rock Library, part of the Douglas County Libraries () system! It was part of my goal of visiting at least one new library branch in the area for every month of 2024. Alex and I probably seemed wildly overdressed when we visited because we were headed to a wedding right after. I’d also submitted my application to grad school for my library degree while we were there!

16/05/2024

My fiancé preordered this for my birthday last year and it’s finally here!! The Official Stardew Valley Cookbook!! I’m beyond thrilled, it’s especially perfect timing since I’ve been replaying after version 1.6 released. I can’t wait to decide what recipe to try first!

08/05/2024

Had so much fun celebrating Mark and Cody’s wedding, so much so that I completely forgot to take any photos with my phone. Luckily, my friend Jessica is much better at remembering that lol. I especially loved making Jessica get irritated that I ruined her candid shots of us at the table by being magnetically drawn to the camera 😂

30/04/2024

Alex told me about Scranimals, a children’s book from 2002 that uses fun wordplay to design fantastical creatures, and I naturally put it on hold immediately when I learned about the Rhinocerose

29/04/2024

My library quest update for April! Every month this year I’m challenging myself to visit a public library branch in the greater Denver area that I haven’t been to before! This month I stopped by the Ross-University Hills Branch of the Denver Public Library briefly while getting my car’s tires checked at an auto shop nearby. I loved all the natural light, especially in the atrium area.

18/03/2024

I love taking a break in the middle of the workday to check out the art installations that has on display 😍 these are all made by students and I’m blown away by the talent and work that went into these pieces!

13/03/2024

It looks like she’s mid-stretch, but I swear to you she was frozen in this position for a full minute 😂

10/03/2024

My library quest, in which I visit at least one new public library branch per month, continues! Here we have the Hampden Branch Library, part of the Denver Public Library system! There are about 27 branches in DPL, which is a ton 😱 Alex and kept me sane while I worked on my final assignments for the quarter lol

04/03/2024

Ended February with another edition to my quest to visit at least one new library per month: Bear Valley Library! Shoutout to for, once again, listening to me ramble about video games for my grad school projects. This library quest has been a huge success so far!

25/02/2024

Visited Columbine Public Library as part of my challenge to visit at least one new library per month! I went the other day for some studying with !! Thank you for keeping me focused lol

22/02/2024

Happy place

21/02/2024

One of my favorite job perks is being able to have lunch on this gorgeous campus everyday with my fiancé!

18/02/2024

Y’all, throws a great party 😎

14/06/2022

https://www.hrbumga.com/blog/a-tree-grows-in-brooklyn

My third book in the TIMES Best 100 YA Challenge was A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, a semi-autobiographical novel about a young girl in Williamsburg at the beginning of the 20th century.

11/04/2022

https://www.hrbumga.com/blog/anne-of-green-gables

For the second book in my TIMES 100 Best YA Challenge, I read Anne of Green Gables, which was a welcome change from reading Little Women beforehand.

12/10/2020

WE VOTED!! Did you?

08/10/2020

https://www.hrbumga.com/blog/how-to-thank-you

Why should we write thank-you notes? How do we write them? What're some good practices? I have a template, a how-to guide, and all the info you need on this time-honored tradition!

03/10/2020

Yellow cake from scratch and homemade buttercream!! I made a MESS in the kitchen but my partner can’t get annoyed because IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!! 😜🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

02/10/2020

https://www.hrbumga.com/blog/october-leafs-2020

I was in need of a personal-poetry writing challenge and a member of a Discord server I’m in came to my rescue!