I'm feeling a bit funny...often our students don't pronounce library, and say "lieberry" and a teacher friend used to ask if lieberries were in season. We all would chuckle.
Well, our "liberry" must be in season because I checked out a bunch of things. I checked out magazines and a bunch of different books.
I love looking through the glossy pages of magazines, but I hate the expense and the waste of purchasing them. I would imagine a I save a fortune by checking them out.
DH and I like to look at flea markets, antique malls, garage sales, and consignment shops. I checked out some books on antique values. I don't picture us trying to buy things and resell them, but it is interesting reading up on things. A friend of mine collects Currier and Ives dishes and I have learned that many of the dishes came from detergent and some of the glasses were given as premiums from A and P. It is kind of interesting.
I also enjoy cooking and I'm always looking for ideas on organizing the kitchen. I checked out 5 books on kitchen remodeling and reorganization.
I certainly get my money's worth when it comes to the library -- we pay taxes to support it and I don't resent paying it one bit.
It is interesting because we can tell what part of the month it is. By the middle of the month, there are fewer new books available and by the end of the month, there are hardly any. I think the economy has made library use go up.
So, are liberries in season where you are?
Are liberries in season?
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(Don't forget to tip your waiters. I'll be here all week.)
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Our county library system is one of the busiest in the nation and holds a record for eBook usage, while our city library goes on two unpaid furlough weeks and only now, with the passage of a levy, is restoring all branches to Sunday service. I bet the latter is partly responsible for the former.
Reading some kidlit: The Middle Moffat which is an eye-opening tale of a single-parent family before the age of social assistance. In that novel I learned of a decades-ago defunct magazine for kids named St. Nicholas, which apparently I can look at through my library system online with the help of a reference librarian.
Also very thankful of the online research databases I can use for my study and refresher surveys of all things trivia.
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Paulette, I used to read a book series about a family named Moffat; I wonder if it is the same one. I remember loving it. I was probably around 10-12 at the time.
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Jerry