tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post60127495605169264..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Thursday Thoughts...Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-55607430755439950892017-09-04T17:02:55.687+10:002017-09-04T17:02:55.687+10:00I can imagine that Liz! Such precious places.I can imagine that Liz! Such precious places.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-5417482268499253582017-09-04T17:02:33.465+10:002017-09-04T17:02:33.465+10:00totally...totally...Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-74180203866975042722017-09-04T17:02:22.900+10:002017-09-04T17:02:22.900+10:00It was fabulous Mo - right in the heart of the cit...It was fabulous Mo - right in the heart of the city and big and busy!Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-66762159220783542282017-09-04T16:37:01.649+10:002017-09-04T16:37:01.649+10:00Oh Marti - what a wonderful story, so beautiful. L...Oh Marti - what a wonderful story, so beautiful. Libraries can offer so much - and these moments that shape a life; how special they are. Amazing.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-12775472219059337042017-09-03T23:02:39.132+10:002017-09-03T23:02:39.132+10:00Back in my days as a working librarian I often sai...Back in my days as a working librarian I often said, "I can't believe they pay me to do this" ... Liz Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03397660873950991774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-86131500980670668882017-09-02T22:07:17.453+10:002017-09-02T22:07:17.453+10:00libraries...libraries...Velma Bolyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446502295849533888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-55077571104681498992017-09-01T06:01:23.692+10:002017-09-01T06:01:23.692+10:00what a beautiful library, would love to visit Wale...what a beautiful library, would love to visit Wales but will probably have to wait til the next lifetime!Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-92025810895888758162017-09-01T00:39:52.791+10:002017-09-01T00:39:52.791+10:00A wonderful quote that holds great personal meanin...A wonderful quote that holds great personal meaning to me. As a child of immigrants who came to the US from Spain, books were scarce in my home. Getting my library card at age 7 opened the world to me in ways that I had never imagined. Words filled me with journeys of discovery, fantasy, art, science, humor, foreign lands, flora and fauna, all within the grasp of my finger tips. It is not unusual for children of immigrants to connect in this way as I found when I moved to New Mexico. One of our country's treasures, author Rudolfo Anaya,lives in New Mexico. Eager to read more of his works, I found his collection of essays at my local library. In one of his esays he wrote of finding the key to so many wonderful things in the pages of books in the library. I felt such a connection upon reading his words, so similar to my own experience as a child, that I wrote him a fan letter. To my everlasting joy, he wrote back and a year later, I got to meet him in person and speak with him at an event honoring him for his written works. Libraries give gifts, some tangible, some intangible; for me receiving a personal letter and later meeting one of my heroes, all from checking out a library book is an everlasting gift.Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305881181604750937noreply@blogger.com