{"id":3230,"date":"2018-09-16T13:59:18","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T18:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/?page_id=3230"},"modified":"2024-06-08T18:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T23:49:53","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gleewood.org\/seeking\/about\/about-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m a huge believer in knowing where the information you’re reading comes from, so here’s more about me and my background. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Resources:<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m Jenett Silver<\/strong> (she\/her). It\u2019s not my legal name, but it\u2019s the name I use pretty much everywhere except work and my family of origin. (Jenett pronounced like Janet, but with \u2018Jen\u2019 as the first syllable. Rhymes with then-it.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in my late 40s, single, and a librarian by profession. I live in the Boston metro area in Massachusetts with a cat (Astra) and a bunch of books. I enjoy reading, writing, computer geekery, roleplaying games, and periodic bouts of baking, cooking, and knitting. I am almost never bored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m passionate about connecting people with information that makes their lives better<\/strong>. I\u2019m a geek who\u2019s particularly interested in figuring out how we do stuff, and why we do it that way, so we can figure out if there are ways to do it better. (Where \u2018better\u2019 is about having more time and energy for other things we want to do, or being able to go more deeply into an experience, or to get there more reliably.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friends<\/strong> often refer to me as a combat librarian, for my ability to dig into a question and come up with an answer. I have a tremendous amount of experience finding, sharing, teaching, and generally using information and resources. I\u2019m particularly skilled doing all those things online and in text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

librarian<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been working in libraries since 2000,<\/strong> and I\u2019ve had my Master\u2019s in Library and Information Science since 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I currently work<\/strong> in a special library that focuses on a particular educational institution and the community it serves. I love it, and especially the part where I get to help with information that changes people\u2019s lives on a regular basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, I\u2019ve worked in an independent high school library, a college library, and a smattering of other jobs that had to do with technology and information management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

priestess and witch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the religious side<\/strong>, I\u2019m a priestess, initiate, and witch in a small religious witchcraft tradition (Omphalos Tri-Cellan) as a student and initiate in the Circle of the Phoenix. The tradition was founded in Minnesota in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I earned my third degree in that tradition in 2007<\/strong> (it was a busy year). I\u2019ve taught in small group settings (both for seekers and for students in the tradition), offered workshops, and participated in panel discussions. I\u2019ve also been to a lot of public rituals, helped run a few, and been to several festivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I lived in Minnesota<\/strong>, I was programming chair for Twin Cities Pagan Pride, and then one of the founding committee and hotel chair for Paganicon<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been active in online Pagan communities since 1999,<\/strong> and have been a staff member on The Cauldron<\/a> (a long-running interfaith Pagan forum) since spring of 2016. More details of my Pagan experience are over here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am priestess of a small coven,<\/strong> Phoenix Song<\/a>. If you’re in the Boston metro area and interested, the website has all the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other projects<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I write and self-publish romances<\/strong> set in the 1920s with magic as Celia Lake<\/a>. (Imagine a parallel magical community alongside the history we know about, with a wide variety of magical, cultural, and religious practices.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am often Jenett (one n, two ts) or JenettSilver online,<\/strong> and my profile will usually point back here, or at somewhere else that gets you to here. If you’re not sure, feel free to drop me a note through the contact form and I can tell you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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