The Gift of Reading
I’ll avoid any cliches about gifts that keep on giving. Instead, I’ll jump straight in and admit that I, like many librarians, am an NPR nerd. I adore NPR for a number of reasons (though I will say that it was Ira Glass who first got me hooked). I also particularly enjoy their segments with librarian Nancy Pearl on book recommendations. Nancy Pearl was once-upon-a-time the Director of Library Programming at the Seattle Public Library. These days she reads and…
Didyaknow…?
… it took 24 people to carry the 38 ft-tall holiday tree into the Capitol this morning? That’s right! The noble fir was cut down yesterday in Toutle Ridge near Mt. St. Helens on Department of Natural Resources property. The tree was brought on a large flat bed semi-truck and carried in by hand. Look closely, you can see 2 x 4’s are placed under the tree as handles for workers to slowly make their way into the building. It…