Whether you're a seasoned poet or just putting pen to paper for the very first time, we want to hear how it is that you make a rhyme.   Even if rhyming is not your greatest ability, that's ok because poetry is full of possibility.   You need not make a rhyme to submit your creativity, because versatile is poetries ...

HAPPY EARTH DAY! To celebrate, the theme this week will be none other than nature herself. Such a vast and copious muse she can be. One often only need sit in an open field or in the shady wood for a few minutes, with pen and paper in hand, before words start to flow like clear river streams down rugged mountainsides. Nature has been inspiring ...

A limerick is a type of poem that is often witty or humorous. The limerick generally uses a form of five anapestic lines rhyming AABBA. Enough technical jargon though, it's really very simple. The following is an example by Edward Lear, who popularized the form in the early 19th century. In this limerick he has fused the ...

Grab a partner and do the RFID do-si-do. This is what has been going on here behind our closed doors, a whole lot of dancing. Except this kind of dancing is long and tedious work. Here we see one staff member "tagging". This is the process of placing an RFID tag somewhere in the book. The other ...

The month of October has come to an end. The library is opening tomorrow and on that you can depend. We've dusted and wiped and vacuumed and swept.       We've laughed and we've cheered and a few of us wept. We hope you'll enjoy all that we've done.  For it has been an adventure. And ...

Well, renovation is officially complete, and there are only three working days left (including today) before we re-open. What better way to celebrate than with a new dance!  We call it the Renovation Wrap-up Scramble. Here we see David Sharp mid-groove. He'll have to do this dance a few more times if these shelves are to be ...

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, folks!   And we've got the pictures to prove it. With just 11 days left before that target date of November 3rd, we are beginning to see the fruits of our labor and the labor of the construction workers. Here we see more of the results from the construction side of things because they're ...

Today saw the children's area beginning to come into its own and looking sharp. The stairs are now lined with anti-slip rubber material. The side trim is being applied today.   From left to right we see Candy, Rebecca, and David busy developing strategies to more efficiently allocate our staff resources. All in a ...

The man in the red plaid shirt is squatting next to the red chair to install the red shelves in the colorful new Teen Room. In other words, now that the carpet has been put down, J.D. can prepare the shelves where the books will be found.    The white electrical socket hangs from the white ceiling in anticipation of ...

With carpeting finished on the second floor and well underway on the first, it appears at this point that we're on schedule for that November 3rd re-opening. Of course, anything can happen in the next few weeks and we'll know better by the end of next week, but right now it's looking good. Here's a quick recap of what's ...