Summer Sampler

We have a lovely small quilt hanging now in the library. It is called Summer Sampler. Jan Jaqua is its creator. It’s just the cutest combination of sunflowers, watermelon slices and wildflowers! Stop by to see it sometime soon. If you have a quilt you would like to share, just let us know. We enjoy them all-old quilts or new ones, large or small.

Another thing you might consider sharing with the library is your collections. Our display case has Jack Curran’s display of fishing jigs and flies in it right now. But when Jack takes them home, the case will be empty. Please let us know what you have to share. The library staff has displayed everything we can think of. We are out of ideas.What do you have that might be of interest? The display case is lighted and locked. Your treasures are safe with us.

Don’t forget to Touch Base @your library. We are asking everyone to update their contact information in our library database before we convert to a new system. If we don’t mention it to you, ask for the little form. Once you complete the form and return it to the library, you will be entered in our summer drawing. Remember, the grand prize is a trip to the Caribbean!

Just recently, I realized that we haven’t added any new books of house plans for several years. House plan books are like fancy, expensive, coffee table books. They are so much fun to take home and page through, wishing and dreaming of what I might do if I built a house. Knowing that I will never build a new home from scratch doesn’t take away the enjoyment of leafing through the books. New to the library are:

-Design Dream Homes: One-Story Home Plans
-Lowe’s 1-Story Home Plans
-The Bungalow Book: Floor plans and Photos of 112 Homes
-Universal Design Ideas for Style, Comfort and Safety
-A Happy Marriage by Rafael Yglesias. This one is fiction, of course. It was inspired by the death of the author’s wife. It is the story of the first weeks and the final weeks of a thirty year marriage.
-A Princess Found: An American Family, An African Chiefdom and the Daughter Who Connected Them All by Sarah Culberson. Sarah was adopted at the age of one year. In 2004 she hired a private investigator to track down her biological father. This one is a true story!
-House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street by William Cohan. This is the true story, or at least Cohan’s take on the true story of the meltdown of the world financial markets (and my secure retirement).
The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand. From the cover, one would think that this is a frivolous, summertime beach read. But the review states that it is a page-turning story of passion and suspense when a young couple dies leaving their closest friends to cope with the loss and with their two small children.
The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri. A young woman flees to her ancestral hamlet in Ireland to reinvent herself.
The Game of Opposites by Norman Lebrecht. The story of Paul Miller who escapes from a labor camp during a world war. He collapses and is taken in and restored to health by Alice. When the war is over, Paul and Alice marry, but he is haunted by his earlier life.

All new and waiting for you @your library.