Mindfulness
Mindfulness, is it all in your head? Do we know what we see, or do we only know what we think we see? Is there…
Escape With Historical Romance
What better way to escape these dog days of summer than with a historical romance? Not only are the plots juicy, the historical settings add…
Singing = Early Literacy
If you’ve ever attended a storytime, you know librarians do a lot of singing. We sing loudly and proudly regardless of our abilities to carry…
Food Memoirs
I admit it – I hate to cook. I love food but preparing it has never interested me. Perhaps unusually, however, I love reading memoirs…
On Architecture
Walk around the neighborhoods, the squares, the campuses and the office complexes in your community, even in the rain. Look up at the built environment.…
Time Travel Literature
If you could pick any time to visit, what would you pick? Would you see the pharaohs in ancient Egypt, or Jimi Hendrix play The…
From the Bottom Shelves
Browsing the shelves of the library is a fun way to discover new things to read, but we know that the items on the bottom…
Candy Sushi
In case you missed our most recent In the Kitchen for Kids cooking program, we made candy sushi (and it was delicious). It was so…
YA BFFs
Friendship is important at every stage of your life, but during your middle and high school years it takes on a special significance. There are…
The Art of Photography
Photography has thought to have originated in the early 1800s, and the leaps in photographic technology since then have turned many people into at least…