Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is, without a doubt, my favorite holiday as an adult. Don’t get me wrong, I love most holidays (see my previously written...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 3 min
Alex Trebek
For over 30 years, Alex Trebek was welcomed into homes all around the world as they tuned into Jeopardy. Sometimes I thought he acted...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Nov 7, 2020
- 2 min
Oh What A Week!
This has been a pretty stressful week for a lot of people. I just keep telling myself that, thankfully, at least the rest of the year...
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- Oct 31, 2020
- 4 min
Haunted Houses
Just when I thought I couldn’t be surprised anymore, I find out there’s actually a Haunted House Industry – with a Haunted House...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 28, 2020
- 4 min
Halloween: A Story and Some Trivia
I’m going to come clean and just admit, my least favorite holiday is probably…oh wait, I was going to say my least favorite holiday is...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 23, 2020
- 4 min
Let's Go To Electoral College
How is it possible that a presidential candidate can lose the popular vote yet still be elected President? It’s because the President...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
A Sixth Sense?
We know about the five senses – taste, touch, smell, hearing and sight – but what about a sixth sense? Some define a sixth sense as an...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 17, 2020
- 5 min
Fall - 2020 Style
Well, well, well…here we are, folks. It’s mid-October (by the time I’ve finished writing this, it might be the end of October, the way...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Nancy Drew - And The Case Of Her 90th Birthday
One of the things I enjoy reading is mysteries. I love trying to determine the ending from the clues the author has left. I have certain...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 12, 2020
- 3 min
Milton - Not Just Another Pretty Face
Just about everyone has heard of Shakespeare but did you know that John Milton is second in line for being the most significant English...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 6, 2020
- 3 min
It's Nobel Prize Week!
Did you win a Nobel Prize? You will find out this week as Prizes are awarded starting October 5 and ending October 9 this year. Prizes...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Black and Blue
Just about every month, there will be one full moon. Every 19 years or so (always in February) there won’t be a full moon. This is...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 28, 2020
- 2 min
Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, the pattern being three lines of five, seven, and five. Matsuo Basho is considered one...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
Book Clubs
We’ve talked about the library’s book club before in our posts – especially all of the different names book club has, depending on the...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 20, 2020
- 3 min
Notorious
Even though she was only 5' 1" tall, we lost someone who was larger than life on Friday. Ruth Bader Ginsburg - also known as RBG -...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Reliving the Past
When I used to commute an hour each way for work, I would listen to NPR or a podcast. I would find myself zoning out while driving (not a...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 14, 2020
- 3 min
Smells Like?
What is the “Historic Book Odor Wheel”? This is a tool that categorizes the smells emitted by old books. Wow! What will they think of...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 11, 2020
- 2 min
9/11
I’ve heard many times that most all of us remember where we were when we heard about the terrible events that happened on 9/11, nineteen...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Fall Programming
Labor Day has just passed, and for many of us that means we have an official feeling of “summer is over”. A co-worker today said that...
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forthunterfreelibrary
- Sep 7, 2020
- 4 min
Labor Day In The Year 2020
Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, is celebrated (and/or lamented, depending on your love of summer vs your love of all things...
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