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A Year in Review
And what a year it has been! While advocacy was a major theme for the Library this year (and that will continue in 2010!), we also managed to have a great big celebration of summer reading, open a new Allegheny branch, … Continue reading
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Give and we shall receive
I know it’s completely unseasonal for me to talk about feeling thankful when it’s not even November, but I have to get something off my chest: I am deeply humbled by the people who go through our library’s doors every week NOT … Continue reading
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Buon giorno!
I decided I would like to be Italian after seeing the movie Moonstruck a number of years ago. Since then, when the weather turns dark and cold, I blow the dust off my DVD case and subsequently get lost in … Continue reading
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The Quest
Today, I will embark on a road trip to visit seven friends in seven days. (Doesn’t that sound like the name of a boring memoir? Seven Friends in Seven Days: How I Saw Some Buddies and Discovered a Life Worth Living.) … Continue reading
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get up, stand up
This week I attended the ne plus ultra of librarianship on the local level: the Pennsylvania Library Association Conference in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I got to: a) Meet, hug and fawn over my favorite author Jennifer Weiner (I asked her to … Continue reading
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1,001 Dalmatians-err, holds on Dan Brown’s new novel
At the time of this writing, there are 1,001 holds on Dan Brown’s new book, the Lost Symbol. The second book with the most holds (592) is Swimsuit, by James Patterson. Patterson’s book Alex Cross’s Trial comes in third, with … Continue reading
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Our spirituality book club has been reincarnated and born again
At our last meeting, we decided to change the Pathfinders Spirituality Book Club schedule to a series format—we will meet in September, October and November, rather than every other month. We also voted on the titles to read next. And … Continue reading
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Believe the hype
I hope I’m not the one to break the news to you of the memoirist Frank McCourt’s passing on Sunday. McCourt left us with three unforgettable full-length books: Angela’s Ashes, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, as … Continue reading
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To charm a worm
This past Saturday the United Kingdom hosted its 30th anniversary World Worm Charming Championships. Worm charming is a sport in which competitors use various methods to “charm” worms from their loamy abodes with methods including but not limited to: tap … Continue reading
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Welcome to the ‘Burgh presidents, officials, dignitaries n’at!
Welcome to the ‘Burgh yinz dignitaries n’at! Pittsburgh will soon have the honor of playing host to the world’s most powerful leaders on September 24th and 25th! According to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Pittsburgh was selected because it’s … Continue reading
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