It’s January, and while Charles Schulz’s Lucy van Pelt might be relishing in catching snowflakes that are finally ripe, for many of us, this is a month for bunkering down. Last year I expanded upon our blogger-in-residence Arabella’s hermitage week, calling January hermitage month and I stand by that. This is also a perfect month … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: How the library can get you through winter
Someone at a holiday party started talking about New Year’s Resolutions yesterday, which is a conversation I generally despise…but this time around, I came up with an answer. I want to learn to be more like Jessica Fletcher. For those of you who have never had the good fortune to meet Jessica, she is the … Continue reading My New Year’s Resolution…
The holidays (and by that I mean any holiday, not just those that appear during this particular holiday season) are times when I like to indulge in my inner child. I’ve mentioned several times about my love for children’s books, but I also have a great love for classic children’s holidays shows. These are rarely in … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: The Ghost of Childhoods Past
The days are growing shorter and chillier, dear readers, and I know for many of you, that can make life tough. I lived in London for a while, as I’ve said too many times already here. And it was beautiful. London is a city that is awake and dancing and thriving at all hours … Continue reading Five Book Friday!
We’ve mentioned Pinterest a few times here on the blog because we at the Library use it as a resource for creating booklists for our patrons. It’s a great tool for keeping our patrons updated with the latest books; introducing them to what we call “read alikes,” books that, if you liked book X, you … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: A Pinterest Primer
I have to admit–and this will come as a shock to anyone who joins us frequently at the Free For All (sarcasm)–but I am not much of a TV person, if left to my own devices. I certainly enjoy a good series as much as the next person, but, in part due to commitment issues, and in … Continue reading Some catching up to do…
The Labor Day holiday is one of the two (the other being Memorial Day) where the library shuts down for an extended period of time. Library staff get to briefly luxuriate in the glories of a long weekend. While this may be somewhat of an inconvenience for our wonderful patrons who rely on our services, … Continue reading Saturdays @ the South: Happy Labor Day!