When I first saw this video featuring hunter sport horses a couple of months ago, I fell in love with it.  It might be because I love horses, but it might also be because I love the song that plays throughout the video.  But I think it’s awesome. And I’ve also come to think of it […]

I really enjoyed this video of Kurt Vonnegut explaining the shape of stories.  It reminded me of my days as a creative writing major in undergrad, and it made me miss learning about creative processes.  However, I think this is why I enjoy DS106 so much as well, as it gives me a chance to […]

Creating video assignments is a little uncomfortable for me.  Sure, I’ll take a selfie now and then, but not very many.  I just don’t like seeing myself or hearing myself on camera!  I think I try to avoid appearing vain as well by taking photos and videos of myself.  However, it’s time to get over […]

One of the first assignments for DS106 was to create a gif, but no instructions were provided for how to create the gif.  I ended up Googling “make a gif” and used the website makeagif.com to make this gif of the Truffle Shuffle in the movie The Goonies: The site made it super easy to […]

#beautybygoogle #ds106 #dailycreate pic.twitter.com/AVazWia7X8 — Rachel Hawkins (@rhawk257) July 14, 2015   #PenATweet#ds106#dailycreatepic.twitter.com/psJbHPfwP0 — Rachel Hawkins (@rhawk257) July 14, 2015   I had a lot of fun making my first daily creates!  I was inspired and feeling creative after, so I went home and took some photos with my Diana F+ camera. It was somewhat […]

My name is Rachel, and I am a 31 year-old residing in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  I am a librarian, having recently graduated with my Master’s in Library Science.  I’m now working in a health sciences library and am enjoying learning more about medical librarianship.