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Join us Wednesday, November 18th at 6:30 pm for Music Then and Now : a solo string concert with Sara Pajunen. This 50 minute concert for all ages will tour classical, folk and original music on violin and hardanger d’ammore, a ten-string bow instrument. The concert is sponsored by the Arrowhead Library System and funded in part or in whole with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
Hope this deer hunting season has provided you with plenty of time to read and listen to books. May the reading gods ever be in your favor. Maybe someone wants to catch the handsome buck roaming downtown and move him out of town and take him down. The city herd is getting out of hand. This season transitions rapidly into Thanksgiving and then Christmas season. Let reading be the habit that helps you stay calm and able to enjoy the busyness. Daily reading can provide a break and relief from stress as well as an opportunity to find delightful stories that fit the season. Thanksgiving stories aren’t plentiful, but stop in and we have lots of Christmas stories.
So many amazing stories just waiting to be read or listened to. Just find something you want to learn, want to listen to or read and start. Don’t try and make yourself read an hour a day, or even thirty minutes. Start with ten minutes before falling asleep, or when you first wake up. Ten minutes a day equals over 3,000 minutes of reading. You can read a book in less time than that! And remember, you can read anything you want. If you want to read picture books, then do. There are some absolutely marvelous, wonderful picture books that I love sharing with any who will listen. And if you want to explore the newer range of titles available in graphic form, then do that. You will be amazed at the range of stories available in graphic format, fiction, non-fiction, manga, retellings and more.
You can listen or read digitally. The library offers digital titles through Libby and Hoopla. Two apps for phones, tablets and computers. Discover the wonderfulness of always having a book with you on your phone. Waiting for a doctor’s appointment, read a book. Waiting for a kid to finish dance or music class, read a book. So many opportunities to read, if your book is always with you (and so much healthier than doomscrolling). Libby also has magazines, which can be even better reading when waiting as you don’t know how many pages of time you’ll have.
November can be a wonderful month to begin to look back at what you’ve read this year. I am grateful for the authors who have written such delightful, thought-provoking, educational and sometimes downright fun books that I’ve enjoyed this past year. Share with us your favorite books from this past year. We’d love to hear what you enjoyed reading. We’d also like to hear what titles didn’t work for you.