Hurrah! The tulips are out! The daffodils are out! The dandelions are out. 🙁 Spring is starting and so is yard work. The latest thing about lawns seems to be – not to have grass, but to have a vegetable Continue reading Spring is starting and so is yard work…
I saw these words on the back of a T-shirt from across a crowded room. For a moment I couldn’t figure out what they could mean although considering what a big fan I am of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice Continue reading “I’d Rather Be at Pemberley”
When you are having difficulty drawing or painting from a photograph, it sometimes helps to turn your photo reference upside down so you can “see” the shapes and colors in a fresh way. Reading Dystopian Fiction does that for me. Continue reading Turn YOUR World Upside Down and Tell Us about it at CCLD’s Online Book Club!
One of the lovely parts of the traditional librarian’s job was what we call “Readers Advisory”. We would read (not at work but at home) a variety of fiction and nonfiction books so we could suggest books to our patrons. Continue reading Find your next favorite book with Novelist
Now here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with one’s heart that one can see clearly. What is essential is invisible to the eye. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince My son, Benjamin, and I recently Continue reading Wonder by RJ Palacio: A Story of Acceptance
Wild is a story of a 26 year old woman who after the loss of her mother, a divorce and distancing of her siblings decides to walk the Pacific Crest Trail…alone! In 1995, a novice backpacker, Cheryl Strayed, begins her Continue reading Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. A book listed on the Oprah Winfrey Book Club 2.0
March is Women’s History Month and we usually do a display about women’s suffrage. This year a few of us in the reference department were talking about how work has changed for women since the 1960s and how few working women Continue reading Women’s History Month
February is Black History Month and every year we get many books on the subject such as the African American Almanac: 400 Years of Triumph, Courage and Excellence by Lean’tin Bracks or Discovering Black America: from the Age of Exploration to Continue reading February is Black History Month
The rallying cry at the library this year is: New Year, New You. We are having programs, displays, and lots of books and videos to get you started on a new improved you. The first program is Healthy Eating and Continue reading New Year, New You
Booklist magazine, the reviewing source from the American Library Association, listed the Top 10 Art Books of the year in the November 1, 2012 issue. Steele Library owns many of them and I have ordered the rest so they will Continue reading Top Art Books of the Year