As I write this column a couple of kind gentlemen with shovels are moving snow off the roof of the library, a truly impressive amount of snow. I think this is probably a very good idea: we need to preserve the books (essential) and the librarian (of great personal concern) and our patrons (crucial).
Town Meeting [...]
Entries from March 2007
March 26, 2007
Library Column – March 22, 2007
March 26, 2007
Library Column – March 1, 2007
Plenty of new books at the library, plus mountains of books out in the hall on the paperback shelves and the “sale” shelves. Come by and check out a couple!
Please be sure to vote at Town Meeting next Tuesday: the library is on the ballot.
Reading, listening and watching, plus sharing with my grandchildren—here are the [...]
March 12, 2007
Radio Program – March 16, 2007 – NYT Notable Non-Fiction
Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee
Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey into Manhood and Back Again by Norah Vincent
Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Discomfort Zone by Jonathan Franzen
At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68 by Taylor Branch
Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick [...]
