by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Nov 18, 2021 | Bookworm
To Poke, or Not to Poke Writing a weekly column requires an unlimited supply of ideas, inspiration, anger, joy, etc. Somedays it comes easy, other days I feel like I am repeating myself or doing my ol’ reliable and poking the bear. My supply this week includes: the...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Nov 11, 2021 | Bookworm
Lou “A dog will bless you with many of the happiest days of your life, and one of the worst.” – no idea who said this, but no truer words have been spoken. I was raised an only child, but I was never alone, I always had pets. Porgie, a beagle named...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Nov 4, 2021 | Bookworm
Budget Bummers 2021 I just got back from our Smoky Mountain Spyder trip on Friday night. Periodically on the trip I would lean over John’s shoulder and say that I was acquiring tons of fodder for future bookworms. 1. First off, why do people feel the need to share...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Oct 28, 2021 | Bookworm
I’m Just a Book Part I Remember Schoolhouse Rock’s “I’m Just a Bill”? It was a rockin’ cartoon that taught us children of the 70/80s how a bill becomes a law. Well, I thought I would do a library version, “I’m Just a Book”, and explain how a book becomes part of our...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Oct 14, 2021 | Bookworm
Slip Slidin’ Away We work our jobs. Collect our pay. Believe we’re gliding down the highway. When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away. Slip slidin’ away. Slip slidin’ away. You know the nearer your destination. The more...
by MorganCountyLibrary Director | Oct 1, 2021 | Bookworm
Book Challenge Last week, when I was kayaking on the Niangua, there was a wedding at the NRO Campground and a bald eagle was circling the sky above it. What?! Yep, I could do a whole bookworm on events I have experienced that, when I say them out loud,...
