by embrys | Feb 24, 2022 | Bookworm
Banned “We were looking at the list of the books that they banned and we were scrolling through it and it was so long,” Scott said. “We had read, like, most of those books. We’re like, ‘I love that book and I love that book too.’...
by embrys | Feb 24, 2022 | Bookworm
Bothered “We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?” – Guy Montag (character in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451) On February 2nd, a pastor in Tennessee, “hosted” a...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Feb 10, 2022 | Bookworm
Liability What a week, or maybe what a lack of a week. Snow, ice, wind and cold temperatures kept the library closed way longer than I would ever want it to. I feel like I owe my community an apology and an explanation. The basis of my explanation revolves around...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Feb 7, 2022 | Bookworm
Grants and Stuff Again, some weeks this is so easy, this is not one of those weeks. I have been sitting here for 45 minutes waiting for the words to flow out of me. Ten minutes later and I am realizing that the countdown of wasted time might be the whole...
by embrys | Jan 27, 2022 | Bookworm
Imagine This On January 17th we celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of a lady that left us too soon. Yes, 99 years was not enough time for us to enjoy Betty White. On January 19th we celebrated the 76th birthday of another national...
by embrys | Jan 6, 2022 | Bookworm
A Month of Mondays My kiddo, Ashlee, came by the library before she went home on Monday and gave me inspiration for this week’s bookworm. I want to talk about the “New Year, new me” concept, resolutions, goals, etc. The only bad part, I didn’t time it right. So,...