It’s Summer, and here at the Horseheads Library, we are bustling and blooming! Bustling with Summer Reading Club activities for kids and adults and blooming with our library garden. Late in Spring, my co-workers decided to have a children’s gardening Continue reading Horseheads’ Curious Garden
Last Monday morning, I came to work to find the elevator doors opening and closing constantly and refusing to move to the first floor, the reservation system for the public computers denying access to everyone, the library catalog refusing to Continue reading Sudden need for a sense of humor
On Wednesday July 4th we will celebrate America’s birthday. Some of my earliest memories are the flags flying on front porches and the smell of hot dogs and hamburgers sizzling on backyard grills. The traditions continue today with fireworks, great Continue reading Happy 4th of July!
The Youth Services staff enjoyed a lively conversation in regards to our favorite books as children. Some of the series we favored were: Donna Parker, Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, The Dana Girls. Once upon a time, parents dreaded Continue reading Reading – Then and Now
I accidentally locked myself out of the Van Etten Library a few weeks ago. I walked to the neighbor’s house and tried calling all the town officers to see if anyone could let me back into the municipal building. It Continue reading Small Library, BIG on Relationships
Those of us who prefer “The Beautiful Game” to other sports had the opportunity to see the magic of Lionel Messi versus the Samba Kings of Brazil last Saturday (June 9), in the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The tag Continue reading The Clash of the Titans
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The 2012 Finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction have been announced. They are Catherine the Great by Robert Massie; The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick; and Malcolm X by Manning Marable. The Continue reading Read a 2012 Finalists for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence
Many years ago, back when I was in 7th grade, we celebrated the first Earth Day. It wasn’t an overly raucous celebration- just a bunch of kids wearing blue pants and white sneakers, but it was still an opportunity to Continue reading Your library, the original recycler
My reading has been pretty eclectic this month. Anne Tyler put out a new book called The Beginner’s Goodbye and I grabbed it up as soon as it came in, as she is my very favorite fiction author. It was Continue reading Dealing With What Life Throws At Us