A very special chair and a recommendation to librarians everywhere
I visited the Townsend Library in Massachusetts this week. I spoke to some lovely people about my path to becoming a writer, ordered them to go home and write, answered…
The moment for which every author longs, experienced by my wife.
My wife was checking out books at the library when a woman stepped up beside her and handed Unexpectedly, Milo to the adjacent librarian. “That’s my husband’s book,” Elysha said.…
Mystery behind this photograph solved, though the solution was fairly obvious.
Yesterday, I wished that I knew the story behind this photograph. Thanks to a kind reader, today I know. It was a librarian, of course. Those fanatical zealots of books,…
My daughter received her first library card. Her father might be more excited about it than she is, and for good reason.
My daughter received her first library card last weekend. She was thrilled. I think my wife and I were even more excited than she was. She also checked out her…
I’ve always thought that a library fine was a good thing. Unexpected income. Some librarians have disagreed. Am I wrong?
From a piece in the Hartford Courant entitled Wethersfield Library Begins ‘Food For Fines’ Program: For a limited time, Wethersfield Library patrons can pay their overdue fines with a can…
I am a library maker.
Clara told me that I am a “library maker.” “Because you make books, Daddy,” she said. She could’ve burned the house down and spent all the money in the checking…
My daughter’s favorite library is not a library
My wife agreed to bring my daughter to her favorite library yesterday. “The one with the stage and the trains,” she said. The main branch of the West Hartford public…
