Today is a very exciting day. A day that only comes 4 times per year. It’s the day when we announce our next Read With Us book. In keeping with the tradition we started last…

Glimmers . . . moments that spark joy, contentment, and peace, making me feel that all is well and I am right where I belong . . . This weekend was all about the Massachusetts Municipal Association Conference.…

It’s mid-January and it’s time to check in with a random post on what’s going on currently . . . Knitting: Socks, as you know. And also the December mystery gnome. I lost momentum on…

My needles are currently empty because . . . I have a finished sock. Largely in part due to watching Oppenheimer (excellent) and Killers of the Flower Moon (less excellent but still very good) over…

Glimmers . . . moments that spark joy, contentment, and peace, making me feel that all is well and I am right where I belong . . . It was a long weekend and that meant more time…

Photo by Mark Stebnicki on Pexels.com I can’t write anything about Martin Luther King Jr better than what Heather Cox Richardson wrote for today. I encourage you to read what she has to say about…

As you probably know, I’m a Library Director in Massachusetts. And, as such, I thought I’d do a little shameless plug for the Massachusetts Center for the Book reading challenge for 2024. It’s basically a…

I’m trying to get back into the habit of posting every weekday so, even though I don’t have a lot to say today, I’m joining in with Kat and the other unravelers to talk about…

Hello dear Read With Us members and welcome to Discussion Day for our fall book selection, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride! This has certainly been a popular book, winning awards and…

I got out of the groove of sharing my weekend glimmers over the holiday break but I’m getting back into it now. Sort of. Because, while I thought about these glimmers . . . I…

I have a flower photo for you today thanks to the retirement of a colleague at work. Chris is actually the last person at the library who was here when I started, 24 years ago.…

There’s a lot of pressure at the start of the new year. Pressure to improve yourself. Pressure to do things differently or better. Pressure to start fresh. Pressure to hit the ground running. New Year,…