Director's Notebook

“What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?  It might not  be much more than silence, and certainly a small, slight sound.”
                      ~  From On Canann’s Side by Sebastian Barry ~

Library Director’s Notebook
August 2012

A new book by Anne Tyler is always a treat, not just because her writing is superbly tender and absurdly funny, but because she is not the kind of writer who churns out a new book or two every year. Fans of Anne Tyler need to wait at least a few years between books, but the results are worth the wait.

Library Director’s Notebook
June, 2012

I remember where I was on November 22, 1963.  I was sitting in my 7^th grade English class, watching with astonishment, as my usually dour teacher burst into tears upon learning that President Kennedy had been shot.

   Library Director’s Notebook

 April, 2012