2017

As a child, I would hear my Grandma Nanny talk of Decoration Day.  I got the honor, although I didn’t know that then, but the honor of going to Sunset Cemetery in Manhattan and “decorating” my Great Grandma and Grandpa’s graves with Nanny’s own garden grown flowers.  Her hillside of peonies were still in bloom as I […]

What can be said about Moms that hasn’t been said before?  Not much.      Their skills, styles, personalities are as varied as the number of books in this library.  Some are filled with lots of laughter and humor.  Some are sad with lots of hardships.  Some are exciting with adventure each step or page of

Let’s talk about passion.  No, let’s not go in the direction you are thinking,……but it sure got your attention.      Let’s talk about the kind of passion that shows when someone talks about the theater, or music, their honey bees, rescuing animals, the railroad, history, vintage cars, gardening, quilting, teaching, writing, or books.      Passion

  Earlier articles written in the Telegraph mention the word “opportunities” and not just in this library section.  The opportunity to hear a guest singer at the Opera House, an opportunity to meet a visiting author, an opportunity to watch young actors from our local schools perform, or an opportunity to read to our young

Do you ever notice that right after a holiday is over…..it’s over?  Businesses advertise weeks, if not months before the celebration and immediately after the celebration day, there are no signs it ever was celebrated.      Here’s to hoping that the past Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines, and now Easter celebrations with family and friends

   Ever have one of those “awww” moments?  Not “a-ha, now I know” moments, but cute puppy “awww” moments.      Let  me digress a bit.      One hundred eleven years ago in April of 1906, a committee was formed to “agitate” this community into forming a public library.  Six months later a traveling library was

Have you ever forgotten if you’ve read a book?  Have you ever taken boxes of fresh meat to your son’s house, put it in the freezer, and forgotten whether you shut the lid?….it’s a long story.  Have you ever left the house wondering if you turned off the stove, flipped a switch, or locked a door?

A patron came into the library looking for the book Wild by Cheryl Strayed.  We had the movie, I told her.  The book was checked out.   She said, “No, I’ll wait.  I always read the book before watching the movie.”      I agree with her way of thinking.  After reading Heaven is For Real some

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”      Three young adults came into the library, went straight to their own computers or personal tablets from school, and their phones by their sides.  An older patron came in, looked, and commented, “No wonder we can’t carry on a decent conversation with each other.”      I suppose

Did you feel the love this past week for Valentine’s Day…..and the anxiety and the uncertainty and the doubt, etc.?  It was felt in this house even after 32 years of valentine giving.  Although the rule during those lean financial years was made not to spend on each other for this commercial holiday, the Valentines expectation