News You Can Use
from your library
April 2020
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Pink Moon Rising
photo credit: Brenda Garsh - StoneMeadow, Bowman Road, Barnard
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To Our NWPL Friends and Patrons,
Strange times call for calm,
like watching a pair of yellow finches at the birdfeeder from my window -
and strange times call for comfort
, like the taste and smells that, for me, recently derived from a morning of baking lemon blueberry scones.
And they call for the enjoyment of the familiar and even the mundane.
But these times call for creativity too
: breaking away from the couch for a walk with a camera or a sketchpad; attempting to learn something online or off; seeing our surroundings anew; listening through the quiet or singing out loud -
very
loud. I turn to favorite poets and musicians whose words take on new meanings. And I've been finding new things to appreciate in unexpected places.
This week,
NWPL's Adult Services Librarian and Interim Co-Director, Kathy Beaird
, invites us to find out what she's been reading and what other books await on her nightstand. Brenda Garsh graces our newsletter with a photo of the supermoon taken from her kitchen window this week.
And it's Poetry Month
around the country. Send us a poem you enjoy or one you've written for our Facebook page. In the meantime, we've included some links for listening and reading. There is no better way to be transported!
Director of Communications & Events
Norman Williams Public Library
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NEED A LIBRARY CARD? GET ONE FREE.
If you don't already have a library card and want one, please email our circulation desk and we'll get one to you. Cards are free for six months to help people take advantage of e-books, audiobooks, online class and resources during the coronavirus pandemic.
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What's On
Your
Nightstand
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The next meeting will be held online, Tuesday, April 14
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Recite! Tuesday, April 14, 5:30 pm online - Registration needed
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Recite!
This month, for the first time, we will meet online using Zoom. If you wish to attend or participate,
contact Meg by email
before Tuesday, April 14. "Seating" is limited to 20. You will then receive an email with a link to participate.
Professional poets, amateurs, and first-timers all join in, as well as those who want to just come and listen. Join us in celebrating the spoken word! Bring along original and/or favorite works.
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Norman Williams Public Library
Youth Book Discussions and Preschool Storytime
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cYay! We are now hosting bi-weekly children’s book discussions.
Have you read any good books lately? What are you reading now? What do you want to read? Join us to discuss all things books. The first groups will meet:
- Preschool storytime - weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 am.
- Monday, April 20, at 3:30 pm - Children ages 9-11, and
- Tuesday, April 21, at 3:30 pm - Children 12-14.
Each session will be 30 minutes long and hosted on Zoom. If you're interested, please
contact Clare McFarland by email
and we will send you an invite to join us.
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Companioning for the Lesser-Scheduled
Truthfully, I love being mistress of my days. Scanning my interior for that confirming “Yes, that’s what to do” weight around a thought or intention. And so it was as I hovered among the library's stacks in contemplation of my reliquary of confinement. This time in particular, there is a spiritual thirst that accompanies my novelistic curiosity. I want our shared humanity well accented with a compassion for all our flawed selves. Show me the love! And while you’re at it, a big dose of forgiveness. And do it while I ogle at your amazing narrative gift . . .
Have you read a book you'd like to share?
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What's on Your Night Stand?
April 2020 Book Review
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Recent Poetry from Recite!
In February, Robert Burchess kicked the evening off reading some poems by Peter Fox-Smith. Click the image below to play and listen. Video courtesy of Woodstock's WCTV. Thank you Macy Lawrence!
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Tracy K. Smith
reading on February 6 2019 in New Mexico
Tracy K. Smith was the 22nd U.S. poet laureate in 2017 and was reappointed for a second term in 2018. During her first term, Smith gave readings and led discussions as a part of a pilot project in rural communities in New Mexico, South Carolina, and Kentucky. She has continued to pursue engagements in small towns across America, stating, “Poetry invites us to listen to other voices, to make space for other perspectives, and to care about the lives of others who may not look, sound or think like ourselves.”
Her poem “The United States Welcomes You” begins:
Why and by whose power were you sent?
What do you see that you may wish to steal?
Why this dancing? Why do your dark bodies
Drink up all the light?
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Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original and only daily digital poetry series featuring over 250 new, previously unpublished poems by talented poets each year.
U.S. Poet Laureate
Joy Harjo
serves as guest editor for April 2020.
Read about
Harjo’s approach to curating April's
Poem-a-Day, read about
Joy Harjo herself
and her poems.
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photo: Joy Harjo / photo credit: Paul Abdoo
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While on the Poetry Foundation's website, look for
Spring Poems
- Classic and contemporary poems to celebrate the advent of spring. What a great way to start your day -- coffee and poetry.
COMING SOON:
More poetry from local poets, more videos of poets reading, and more of everything!
image: Poetry Magazine / April 2020 issue
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Friends Don't Let Friends Pass Up a Great Bookstore
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Thank you Kari and Kristian for being there for all of us!
image of Yankee Bookshop and Woodstock merchants by Peter Huntoon.
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You can "self-respond" to the US Census
You don't have to wait to get a form in the mail. Go to the
2020 Census website
and click "respond now." It only takes about 10 minutes.
School lunches. Plans for highways. Support for firefighters and families in need. Census results affect your community every day.
Vermont receives around $2.5 billion dollars in Census guided federal funds, that works out to about $3,963 per person
. Making sure we count every person in Vermont during this 2020 Census matters a lot.
SHAPE VERMONT'S FUTURE. It starts with each of us doing our part. We do this by completing the 2020 Census questionnaire. You can do it online or by phone.
You can complete the questionnaire at any time
without the census ID by going to the official Census website,
my2020Census.gov
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This week's photo shows some of the stalwart knitters who are getting together online while the library is closed.
We miss them gathering every Thursday on the Mezzanine.
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Resources: Free eBooks and Audiobooks
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As always, you have online access to
ebooks
and
audiobooks
through the
Green Mountain Library Consortium
or through
Libby
. Click on any of the underlined links in this email to find the respective website.
Guess what? We now have
added
items that
only NWPL patrons can view. That means you can access some books faster and be able to choose from more books.
Do you
need help
setting up an account, remembering your library card number, or help using one of these systems? If so, please call or
email
the library and we will get back to you as soon as we can! The library can be a great resource, especially when it's necessary to spend time indoors.
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Useful and Important Sites During COVID-19
Vermont's official site for health information related to Coronavirus. (Newspapers and online news pull their numbers from here).
It includes current numbers, statistics, and infection rates
- and information on how and where to get help.
Look for useful,
accurate
information on face masks,
handwashing, and disinfecting.
VT Dept of Health - Information of Face Coverings
General health information for Vermonters
Keeping Woodstock Safe
Daybreak
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Questions? Please call us at 802.457.2295 or
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