Weekly Columns Archives

@ Your Library It is the last day of September and a good time to check in and make sure…

@ Your Library September (and the year) continues to clip along at a mighty fast pace. I hope your fall…

@ Your Library Hope your fall is settling into its routines and the library and reading are part of that…

@ Your Library Whew! Summer whizzed by so fast. Here we are at the beginning of September with the school…

@ Your Library Friends of the Library book sale is today, Friday, August 26th from noon – 4pm. Come stock…

@ Your Library August is over halfway gone. The Bass Tournament is next week and then a week until Labor…

@ Your Library One week of summer reading programming left. Don’t miss out on career exploration on Tuesday, Libratory on…

@ Your Library The end of July is rapidly approaching. I need to spend more time outside before the outside…

@ Your Library Whew! It is already the middle of July. Not quite sure how the days are speeding by…

@ Your Library I love new books. It is one of the best parts of my job. I love seeing…

@ Your Library Happy Canada Day! And an early Happy Independence Day greeting! Enjoy the chance to gather and celebrate…

@ Your Library Summer is marching right along with very rapid speed with less than a week to go in…

@ Your Library The year just keeps chugging along. Here we are past the middle of June. I have done…

@ Your Library Summer reading is here! Hope you caught our first week of programming with plenty more to come.…

@ Your Library Summer Reading for 2022 is “Read Beyond the Beaten Path” and challenges us all to look beyond…

@ Your Library The school year is almost over and summer is just around the corner. That means it is…

@ Your Library Summer can be a great time to explore new learning opportunities and show your kids that learning…

@ Your Library It’s never too early or too late to think about jobs and careers. The library has lots…

@ Your Library Welcome May! I am so excited for this month. The weather is warmer, but not hot yet…

@ Your Library Check out our traveling exhibit from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Pollinators, “Bee Aware” emphasizes the importance…

@ Your Library It is Earth Day! Take time to appreciate the place you live. Get outside for a walk,…

@ Your Library It is mid-April, the weather has been slowly warming allowing the most snow we have gotten in…

@ Your Library New Takeout activity for teens and adults available at the library. The Arrowhead Library System (ALS) will…

@ Your Library No fooling! It is a very good idea to read aloud to children every single day! Reading…

@ Your Library We have reached the latter part of March and the weather is finally warming. I am so…

@ Your Library It is the middle of March and that means it is time to start seeds indoors that…

@ Your Library March and 2022 are clipping along at a very brisk pace, so be sure and take time…

@ Your Library March may come in like a lion, so I definitely expect it to go out like a…

@ Your Library March starts next week! How did that happen? I certainly hope warmer weather is on the way.…

@ Your Library I know I continue to talk about how amazing juvenile non-fiction material is these days, But it…

@ Your Library February is Library Lover’s month. Show your love for the library by visiting the library this month!…

@ Your Library February in addition to Valentines Day is Library Lovers month. So stop by the library and discover…

@ Your Library The first month of 2022 is almost over. I am enjoying not walking home in the dark…

@ Your Library I have done two 1,000 jigsaw puzzles since the beginning of the year. It has definitely been…

@ Your Library The library Icebox Days programming is an outdoor scavenger hunt downtown. Stop by the library before 3pm…

@ Your Library Happy New Year! Let the library help you succeed with your New Year’s resolutions whether they involve…

@ Your Library The International Falls Public Library wishes everyone a Happy New Year! May your year be filled with…

@ Your Library Merry Christmas! May your holiday be filled with good food, wonderful times with family and friends and…

@ Your Library The holiday season is upon us. I hope you have your gifts purchased and can spend the…

@ Your Library I know I keep talking about the cool, awesome, amazing juvenile non-fiction, but we continue to get…

@ Your Library Winter has descended rapidly. I am definitely enjoying reading under a blanket and preferably a cat or…

@ Your Library The Library staff wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. We hope you all have plenty…

@ Your Library Thanksgiving is past, tonight is the “Home for the Holidays” parade launching the local holiday season, followed…

@ Your Library The weather has been great to look at, but I’ve much preferred curling up with a good…

@ Your Library Last week I shared some of the great non-fiction in the junior room. I want to talk…

@ Your Library What a beautiful October we have had. I have relished the warm days, the rainy days and…

@ Your Library Whew! The year just keeps flying by. Hopefully everyone is feeling a bit settled and ready to…

@ Your Library It is good to be sharing what is happening at the library again through a local paper.…

Hope you and yours have had a great first week of September whether you have anyone in school or not.…

September has begun and the weather is cooler. I am so grateful for cooler weather. I am not a fan…

@ Your Library I created a commercial for Icebox Radio Theater’s live performance last month about the many services available…

@ Your Library Check out our new display of library brochures at The Library Bistro and Pub. Discover the many…

@ Your Library Just over two weeks of programming left in summer reading. We will take the last couple of…

@ Your Library Whew! The library air conditioner has been working overtime trying to keep the library cool! Come spend…

@ Your Library It is mid-July and I am ready for cooler weather. We have had so little rain, whatever…

I grew up reading lots of fantasy but haven’t read as much recently. The new book For the Wolf by…

@ Your Library Summer is a great time to explore new books and relax with a good book. Here are…

@ Your Library Summer Reading is great whether you enjoy light and fun or thick and serious. Grab a book…

@ Your Library Whew! It has been a hot June. My brain doesn’t work so well when it is hot.…

@ Your Library Color Your World with Books! Books and reading other materials open up the world of possibilities and…

@ Your Library The “Reading COLORS Your World” summer reading program starts next week. Everyone can participate by reading and…

@ Your Library Next week, beginning Monday, May 10 the library junior room carpet will be replaced. Most of the…

@ Your Library Summer is coming fast. Only a couple of weeks of school left. Summer reading will begin Monday,…

@ Your Library It is mid-May and things are beginning to bloom around here. I have tulips and apple trees…

@ Your Library Next week is Children’s Book Week with a theme of Reading is a Superpower. Come celebrate with…

@ Your Library Happy Earth Day! Learn something new today that you can do to help protect our home. The…

@ Your Library We are halfway through April and It is beginning to look like spring outside. Time to get…

@ Your Library April showers bring May flowers. I certainly hope the showers are the liquid kind and not the…

@ Your Library No fooling here! Mary Casanova has a new book releasing on Tuesday, April 6th from the University…

@ Your Library April is Citizen Science month. Explore with us many of the ways you can further the cause…

@ Your Library Welcome to spring! This Saturday marks the spring equinox. We have had some gorgeous warm weather the…

@ Your Library The spring equinox is almost here! There still might be lots of winter weather, but I am…

@ Your Library Happy March! Spring is right around the corner! Well, may four or five corners, but the end…

@ Your Library The library continues to play in the dirt and water. We have grown lettuce, sprouted herbs and…

@ Your Library Winter hit! I hope you all had plenty of reading material the last week or so. We…

@ Your Library I’m not walking home in the dark anymore, but if you still struggle with feeling SAD, then…

@ Your Library The first month of the year has passed. I hope everyone has had a chance to read…

@ Your Library The end of January means winter is probably feeling endless about now. While I notice that is…

@ Your Library Have the January doldrums got you down? The library has two full-spectrum lights that can be borrowed…

@ Your Library Get Your Hands on a Good Book! The Winter Reading program is here! Read for six hours…

@ Your Library What are your goals, dreams and aspirations for the coming year? How can the library help you…

@ Your Library Happy New Year! May 2021 be filled with great books, awesome learning experiences and terrific opportunities to…

@ Your Library Merry Christmas from the library to each and every one of you. May you find delightful books…

@ Your Library Books are marvelous, magical entries into other worlds and we believe they make some of the best…

@ Your Library Books! They open the door to other worlds while at the same time making the world as…

@ Your Library I am thankful for great books to read. This past year my reading has been a bit…

@ Your Library Last week I presented fiction titles that might be good shack reading during hunting season. Today, I…

@ Your Library Less than two months left in 2020 and hopefully the extra hour this past weekend didn’t upset…

@ Your Library It’s a spooky time of year. There is still a couple days to add decorations to your…

@ Your Library It has been a gorgeous fall for bright colors, plenty of blue skies and sunshine. I really…

@ Your Library The library remains open with modifications to serve the community. We continue to ask that masks be…

@ Your Library October is clipping along at a right rapid pace. The library staff hope your fall is settling…

@ Your Library October begins. Only three more months in 2020. I usually want to slow time down and savor…

@ Your Library We are growing lettuce and winter greens at the library. We continue to read about shipping delays…

@ Your Library Fall sure seems to have arrived quickly with the calendar change to September. It is time to…

@ Your Library Today is your last chance to enjoy a story walk around the library building. Each Thursday morning…

@ Your Library Join the library for a last hurrah to the summer season with our Third Street Community Scavenger…

@ Your Library Another month has just about slipped away. It has been a strange year of both feeling like…

@ Your Library Definitely been feeling like these are the dog days of summer. Our house is hot and difficult…

@ Your Library Summer reading is finishing up in the next week or so, stop by the library and pick…