Month: February 2011

Book club

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A Long and Happy Life, by Reynolds Price, is a story of North Carolina rural life featuring Rosacoke Mustain as she grows into a young woman. The story examines themes of love, identity and birth.

To think about while reading:

  • The people in this novel live in a rural area with electric lights and telephones, but they possess not much more in the way of modern conveniences. How would the story have been different if they had the technology available today?
  • A leech attaches to Wesley’s leg when he is swimming in Mason’s Lake. What kind of leeches are found in North Carolina? What are their habits? What other species are found around the country?
  • At the Christmas pageant, Rosacoke smells paregoric on the baby’s breath.  What various potions and elixirs have people given babies throughout history: what are other  popular methods for quieting them?
  • Research some of the songs of mourning that you think may have been sung at Mildred Sutton’s funeral.
  • Were you surprised to find the casual friendships between blacks and whites portrayed in this novel?
  • Compare and contrast from 1962 to present

The space race

Infant mortality

A wealthy aviation enthusiast

Popular music by white and by black musicians

March children’s programs

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March 5: in honor of National Noodle Month, we will have stories about noodles.

March 12: Learn with Linda about St Patrick’s Day with stories, crafts and snacks

March 19: the swallows return to Capistrano. We will be reading about swallows.

March 26: Will spring finally be here? No Story Time today. The Friends will be having a paperback book sale.

Book Recommendation

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One of my favorite books, Jane Eyre, is being made into a movie again!

Book Review

JaneEyre

I watched the clip from the movie that is included as part of this review and it looks like it is going to be every bit as good as the George C. Scott version that is my favorite.

Card Making Class

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Join us on Thursday evening for some basics about making your own cards.

Get creative with paper and glue and you’ll have a work of art you can be proud of!card3card1card2

Did you know?

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We have “Consumer Reports” magazine available at the Pember for you to check out. But  did you know that you can access it online at home when you need some buying guide info? I need to buy a new vacuum cleaner and I am able to look at the ratings online at home!

Follow the steps here to get to the information you need to make an informed choice when you need to buy something.

  • Go to the Pember homepage
  • In the left column click on Research: Magazines, Journals, Newspapers & Websites
  • Near  the top click on MAGAZINES, JOURNALS & NEWSPAPERS
  • Select Academic OneFile provided by NOVEL, this brings you to InfoTrac NovelNY. There are  currently 41,551,466 articles in a date range 1980-2011 updated as recently as February 19, 2011.
  • Enter your library card number. There are several ways to search. To get to a specific title, browse by publication, type in the title you are looking for and choose your title. (I searched for “Consumer Reports”) There are ways to limit your search.
  • In the left column here, you can search within the publication. (I entered “vacuum cleaner” and limited to full text articles. I got 41 hits; many of these are citations or abstracts but for what I want, March 2009 has an article: Vacuums: we found CR Best Buys for as little as $170. ) So for now, I am looking for either a Hoover WindTunnel Anniversary Edition U6485-900 or a Kenmore Progressive.

WARNING: newer articles won’t always be available through this resource.


Granville Women ~ Their Story

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On Sunday, Feb. 27 at the Pember Library, Town Historian Edith Sparling will present “Granville Women — Their Story” – a show and tell about the life of an acclaimed local photographer, an artist and writer, a nationally honored Cornell graduate, and a community- minded woman whose wealth and generosity have enriched Granvilie.

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Nina Butler
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Nellie Lewis

Sparling will speak about Nellie Sykes Lewis,  Nina Van Shaik Butler, Stella Wilson Butler, Lydia Beulah Independence Jones, and Ellen Wood Pember and exhibit artifacts of their times, one being an 1890s glass plate camera.

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Stella Butler
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Lydia I Jones
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Ellen Pember

The Granville Heritage Society will hold a brief annual meeting following the program, which is open to the public.

Book Recommendation

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Recommendation: Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown is just hitting the NYT fiction best seller list.

Description: “Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.”

The sisters’ motto; “There is no problem a library card can’t solve.”

Chocolate Lovers’ Contest: Some Winners

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Dale and Robyn
Bo & Robyn
Bo & Robyn

The winners of our Chocolate Lovers’ Contest:
tied for fourth ~ Teresa Loomis – Butter Crunch Bar
tied for fourth ~ Dale Bucciero – Chocolate Cherry Fudge
third ~ Jeanine Morelli-Cary – Raspberry Jellies with dark Chocolate
second ~ Tammy Casey – Dark Chocolate Mints & Raspberry Candies
first ~ Bo Young – “Death by Chocolate” (Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce)