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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Final Summer Workshop at Bancroft Library
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
August Book Club
For our August Book Club meeting we all read books of our own choice by
author Tony Hillerman.
Hillerman, who was raised in the Southwest, is well known for his
mysteries set in the vast "four corners' region , in which the mailn
characters are Navajo Tribal Police. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and
Sergeant Jim Chee are college educated Navajos, part of the modern
American world , but also part of their traditional culture. And the
stories and their outcomes weave the two together.
Most of our members enjoyed these mysteries. One person found the plot
of "Listening Woman" (1994) very convoluted and preferred "The Wailing
Wind" (2002), whic seemed better focussed. One member, reading
Hillerman for the first time, was unfamiliar with the histories of
characters from previous books, which could become confusing. Another
was enthusiastic about "A Thief of Time", in which the mystery centers
on the theft of ancient pottery. Another expressed interest in learning
more about the Indian culture.
A completly different book, entitled "Hillerman Country" is a collection
of extraordinary photographs of the four corners region of the
Southwest, taken by Barney Hillerman,. The collection is organized by
regions of special meaning to the Navajo people, with text by Tony H. A
wonderful book for browsing.
For our next meeting , September 6, we will be reading The Brain that
Changes Itself, byNorman Doidge M.D.
New members always welcome!!
author Tony Hillerman.
Hillerman, who was raised in the Southwest, is well known for his
mysteries set in the vast "four corners' region , in which the mailn
characters are Navajo Tribal Police. Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and
Sergeant Jim Chee are college educated Navajos, part of the modern
American world , but also part of their traditional culture. And the
stories and their outcomes weave the two together.
Most of our members enjoyed these mysteries. One person found the plot
of "Listening Woman" (1994) very convoluted and preferred "The Wailing
Wind" (2002), whic seemed better focussed. One member, reading
Hillerman for the first time, was unfamiliar with the histories of
characters from previous books, which could become confusing. Another
was enthusiastic about "A Thief of Time", in which the mystery centers
on the theft of ancient pottery. Another expressed interest in learning
more about the Indian culture.
A completly different book, entitled "Hillerman Country" is a collection
of extraordinary photographs of the four corners region of the
Southwest, taken by Barney Hillerman,. The collection is organized by
regions of special meaning to the Navajo people, with text by Tony H. A
wonderful book for browsing.
For our next meeting , September 6, we will be reading The Brain that
Changes Itself, byNorman Doidge M.D.
New members always welcome!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Champagne and Strawberries Fundraiser
We'd like to share a photo collage from our recent "Champagne & Strawberries" fundraiser:
(click on the photo to enlarge)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Memorial Day 2011
Lots of plants/books/baked goods for Sale
A beautiful warm day..lots of activity at the library and in the village...Saturday, May 21, 2011
MAY BOOK CLUB SELECTIONS
At our May meeting we discussed two books, both about life on the Great Plains of the midwest in the late 1880's. The building of railroads and the offer of free land to farmers, brought immigrants and others to settle in this part of the country, in the face of enormous hardships.
"The Children's Blizzard", by David Laskin, is an historical account of an immense blizzard that caught the settlers entirely by surprise. On an unusually balmy day in January 1888, the weather changed in minutes to one of the fierest storms ever described. Anyone caught outdoors in the wind and blinding snow was in danger on death-----which included many school children on their way from school or home.
The author begins with brief descriptions of individual families: a couple from Norway who had come to escape poverty; a family with two children from the Ukraine, part of a group of 53 Mennonite families who came for religious freedom; a family wih seven children in which the mother had died during the first winter.
As the book proceeds,the author carefully descibes the meteorology and path of the storm, and inter weaves the stories of the individuals who survived--or did not --on that day. Especially touching were the young teachers in their one-room school houses trying to find safety for their charges. The stories are heart wrenching but also inspiring.
Our second book, The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is a novel about a family living on the plains in the 1880"s. The author was born in1867, and while this is fiction, it may reflect her own life.Everyone seemed to enjoy this book, which was full of details of the daily life of that time and place .
For our next meeting (June 7) three books are recommended, all about food and farming. The Dirty Life,by C Kimball, The Last Farmer,byHoward Cohn, or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by B Kingsolver. Read one or all three!!
"The Children's Blizzard", by David Laskin, is an historical account of an immense blizzard that caught the settlers entirely by surprise. On an unusually balmy day in January 1888, the weather changed in minutes to one of the fierest storms ever described. Anyone caught outdoors in the wind and blinding snow was in danger on death-----which included many school children on their way from school or home.
The author begins with brief descriptions of individual families: a couple from Norway who had come to escape poverty; a family with two children from the Ukraine, part of a group of 53 Mennonite families who came for religious freedom; a family wih seven children in which the mother had died during the first winter.
As the book proceeds,the author carefully descibes the meteorology and path of the storm, and inter weaves the stories of the individuals who survived--or did not --on that day. Especially touching were the young teachers in their one-room school houses trying to find safety for their charges. The stories are heart wrenching but also inspiring.
Our second book, The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, is a novel about a family living on the plains in the 1880"s. The author was born in1867, and while this is fiction, it may reflect her own life.Everyone seemed to enjoy this book, which was full of details of the daily life of that time and place .
For our next meeting (June 7) three books are recommended, all about food and farming. The Dirty Life,by C Kimball, The Last Farmer,byHoward Cohn, or Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, by B Kingsolver. Read one or all three!!
Monday, February 14, 2011
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