by Pablo | Dec 1, 2023 | News
Regardless of which holiday you observe this year-end season, gift exchanges are part of the traditions. Giving books to young and old alike is a thoughtful way to offer enjoyable distractions from their daily lives. GIFT GIVING In keeping with the holiday...
by Pablo | Nov 4, 2023 | News
With all the tragedies in the world from war, disease, and other causes, if we are healthy, with shelter and food aplenty, we have reasons to be grateful. Speaking of Thanksgiving, this end-of-November holiday traditionally gathers family and extended family together...
by Pablo | Oct 1, 2023 | News
October launches a new season, with colorful leaves, cooler temperatures, and costumes for Halloween. When Susan was six, she won a Halloween contest, not for her costume but for her long blonde curls. The prize: an oil portrait by a new photographer in town. The...
by Pablo | Sep 1, 2023 | News
The first science fiction novel – The Man in the Moone – came out in 1638. The author, Francis Godwin, told of a man using birds to help him fly to the moon. [The word Moone in the title is the way it was spelled back then.] Some fans of the sci-fi genre argue that...
by Pablo | Aug 2, 2023 | News
The Dog Days Of Summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the rising of the star system Sirius, referred to as the “Dog Star,” which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy,...