As mercurial March Ebbs up, up, and away We humbly dare you: ‘Read!’ While sunbeams beckon: ‘Play!’ Our yearly reading challenge is well underway, but its not too late to join! This year’s theme is “Body of Reading”, and we invite participants to read one book from each body-part driven category. While we offer […]
May is here at last: flora flourishes as fauna frolic and flirt in the flush of spring. Now is the time for digging, dousing, adapting, and, finally, rollicking in the aftermath. The turning of the calendar page also means that we are one-third of the way through our Yearlong Reading Challenge at the library. This […]
In this strange age of scandalous ink subscriptions and promptly obsolete laptops, I often find it easier to utilize shared computer equipment than worry about keeping my own gadgets up to date. If you ever find yourself in a technological jam, the library might have just the machines you are looking for! Compute! We host […]
A third of the year has vanished in the breeze, leaving me daydreaming of my next retreat: to a secret copse, or a toasty coast, or a craggy trail above the slopes. Regardless of which fantasy comes to fruition, I always bring writs of exposition. But what indeed makes a good vacation read? The question […]
“Language is the liquid, that we’re all dissolved in. Great for solving problems, after it creates a problem.” -Modest Mouse We all deal in language. It drives our thoughts, interactions, and even our culture as we utilize it to describe and understand the world. And oh, what a melodic and motley mistress to which we […]
“Well, when you look into infinity you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.” -Calvin, The Days Are Just Packed, Bill Watterson Infinity is a strange concept, especially when the majority of its breadth is conveniently hidden behind the blackness between stars. The scope of the universe is vast beyond […]
“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.” – Carl Sagan The month of January draws to a close, and a newly born year beckons us to embrace an extra curl at the end of each date. Consciously bound to the present, time inches and sprints through our senses, […]
As colder days creep in, and snow begins to cover everything in sight, I prefer to embrace the season by chasing my dog around the yard barefoot and limiting my outerwear layers until temperatures become utterly unbearable. Acclimation is everything. For those of you who prefer a less painful approach, the people of Denmark have […]
If you are reading this, it’s a solid bet that you are reading quite a few other things as well. Similarly, we here at the library are in the business of reading everything we can get our hands on. But we get excited about things other than literature too. With the new location opening soon, […]
