Inspiration

Julia and Julia played in the background today while I did a little housework. Reminded me that it's time to blog.

This is going to be a busy workweek. Manitowoc Public Library is celebrating 15 years in a new building.  Since I happen to be local stock, having only left for enough years to appreciate small town life, I still think of the old library (the post-Carnegie building) as the new library. Not sure how I think of this one. The new, new library? At any rate, we've been in this glorious 53,000 sq. ft. building for 15 years, and that's a milestone worth celebrating. 

We're planning food and entertainment for Friday afternoon and evening. Circus performers and magicians Miller & Mike will take the stage at 4 p.m., followed at 6 p.m. with singer/songwriter Becky Markvart and later, indy folk rock band Cato Falls. And in between musical sets, we're having a book sale. It'll be a crazy day. Join us!

It'll be a day to celebrate library service. Free access to information. No questions asked. Well, that's a lie. We do ask questions so we can get our patrons the right information, not just random information about a topic. But we don't care why they want it. 

And that means I, too, can read anything. Biographies, mysteries, chick lit, cookbooks (though I tend to just toss ingredients together and hope for the best), knitting books (even though I still haven't mastered reading a pattern), and whatever else looks good. I also have the freedom to put down a book. I don't need to finish it if I don't like it. I can return it and grab something else. What freedom! What fun! 

Just another reason why I love libraries.