Pember Library

The continuing saga of the Dahl family at the Pember

Ruth disappeared for a while and I finally found her out near our tower garden. I’m still not sure how she opened the door to the elevator area. Maybe Lucy helped her? Anyway, she was smelling the wonderful basil we have and complaining about not having a caprese salad for a long time.

We have arugula, bibb lettuce, some basil, swiss chard, and a few other greens growing here. It was wonderful over the winter to have fresh lettuce for a salad. “Well; how does it work? I don’t see any dirt.” There isn’t any. The barrel at the bottom holds water that we add nutrients to. Jodie keeps track of what it needs and currently has some seeds started at home. There is a pump that runs water through the system for 15 minutes every hour. It has a good amount of light where we have placed it. Some of the veggies grow back after we cut them and some need to have new seeds planted.

I showed Ruth where some books about gardening are located in the library and she claims she is going to get to work on her own garden when she returns to Iowa.

The continuing saga of the Dahl family at the Pember

Grace works at the Grinnell-Newburg CSD. She is the advisor for their yearbook committee so she was interested in looking through the Blue & Gold we have available at the Pember. We have yearbooks from 1948 through 2013 missing only 2001 and 2004. Grace asked me to show her the 1948 yearbook to see how much had changed in 70+ years. We love this page with the collage. Is that Rosie in that pic?

You can keep track of summer reading online by going to this page.

If you prefer to keep track on paper, use these paper logs:

Have fun reading. If you need help with the summer reading webpage, let me know.

http://pember.ny11.readsquared.com/

The Summer Reading program inspires children, teens and families to keep reading and continue to develop lifelong learning skills. The Pember Library has teamed with the Southern Adirondack Library System and NY State to bring you ReadSquared, an online way to keep track of your summer reading. There will also be a mobile app available. Sign up at the above link and start your reading. For book lists and info for parents see Summer Reading at New York Libraries.

This year’s slogan is “Imagine Your Story” and the theme is fairy tales and mythology. There are four different categories:

• Children Read
• Teens Read
• Adult
• 1000 Books Before Kindergarten

Each category gives you the chance to earn badges, to have missions, to open up games all while logging your (or your child’s) reading.

The program runs from now through the end of September. We will try to add some specials for you, perhaps a performer or musician. These will most likely be online. Keep an eye out here and on our facebook page for further information.

In keeping with Executive Order 202.1 (regarding emergency adjustments to the Open Meetings Law in response to the Covid-19 pandemic), the public is not permitted in-person access to this meeting, and the meeting shall be held remotely via GoToMeeting. As required by the Governor’s Order, the public will have the ability to LISTEN TO such proceeding by dialing (571) 317-3122 Access Code: 494-073-205 and the meeting minutes will be available at the Pember.

Now more than ever, we should all respond to the Census online, by phone, or by mail. Responses are kept confidential, and it’s easy to respond in 12 non-English languages. The Census count directs federal funding for the next ten years to our community. Visit www.2020census.gov

These are just a few of  the things you can access from home including books, music, science, birds and more.

Overdrive. allows you to access ebooks and audiobooks from home.

OverDrive Instant Card: get a library card immediately to access e-books & audiobooks, using a mobile phone number. You can also sign up for an instant digital card via the Libby app on your phone.

24/7 access to wi-fi. No password required.

Museums hosting virtual tours:
http://www.northbabylonpl.org/virtual-museums-and-more/

More Museums
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en

Virtual field trips for kids
https://theeducatorsspinonit.com/virtual-field-trips-for-kids/?amp=1

NASA STEM for kids k-4
https://www.nasa.gov/stem-at-home-for-students-k-4.html?fbclid=IwAR2M0NCBbi3AGV-UynZVK9NwhjubHFStF3fi7IMcGkjxLFpTczypDi8yksU

Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

Cornell Lab of Ornithology
https://ebird.org/home

NYS Museum online exhibits
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/online

Online learning with Childrens Museum of Saratoga
https://cmssny.org/education/at-home-learning-with-cmas/

http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/?fbclid=IwAR2AkyaK44dU8kE-8s4YIX5eXe896Fmd79nOtk0mVS4RB-9Y4VqvaWxZYCc  Look for Home Safari Facebook Live each day at 3pm EDT

Astronauts read stories from space
https://storytimefromspace.com/

Audubon for kids
https://www.audubon.org/get-outside/activities/audubon-for-kids?fbclid=IwAR18x89Jvevg5UM06i-ID8rNJi8L7PnYJInvIM4N3fxjtDRVpGE99i8c1CI

The Metropolitan Opera will be offering Nightly Met Opera Streams on their website at 7:30 PM.  The video will be available for 20 hours after the performance.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 12 PM – 12:40 PM

We can’t bring Dave to the Pember during this time of isolation so Dave is doing  the next-best thing, performing online through Facebook Live for our enjoyment. Join performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch Music for a fascinating concert of traditional Adirondack music and stories. You’ll find the live event at the following link on Tuesday at Noon EDT https://www.facebook.com/events/3105467599498524/  You do not need a facebook account to join the online concert.

From the earliest days of settlement in this remote section of New York State, and even prior to that with travelling groups of Mohawks and other Native American hunters, music has sustained the people of the North Country, AND, we’re fortunate that so much of it has been documented and preserved for us to enjoy today.

French-Canadian loggers and trappers, Yankee settlers from New England, waves of British Isles and Irish immigrants coming directly across or down from Atlantic Canada, rural New Yorkers in search of work, escaped and freed slaves – – each contributed to a rich store of self-made music which began in the early nineteenth century and continues to this day.

As Project Director for the comprehensive www.adirondackmusic.org website, and Music Director/Producer/Concert Host and performer for the Emmy-winning “Songs to Keep: Treasures of an Adirondack Folk Collector” project, Dave’s spent literally thousands of hours researching Adirondack musical traditions, studying old field recordings, and visiting with living links to this legacy.