Library!

I have had a library card since I was eight years old. Maybe earlier, but I don't remember that. I do remember walking to our local public library when I was eight, along with my younger brother and two cousins. 

I remember wanting to read Laura Ingalls Wilder series of books that started with Little House on the Prairie but never managing to find them available in order! Today, some sixty-plus years later, I still have a library card. I've had one everywhere I've ever lived. I never did  complete the Wilder series, I suppose it's not too late!

The nature of libraries has changed quite a lot over those decades. Today, they are vibrant community centers with many roles: book lender, video lender, computer cafe, hosts for activities for young people from toddlers through teens, and beyond. Every Friday for four years, I took my grandson to the library to hang out and do activities with other elementary-school-age boys and girls. Sometimes they had special activities like Science Day. 

This is just one of the activities my local library branch hosts. 

Every Tuesday, I and about a dozen other ladies, gather to work on our projects; knitting, crochet, tatting, quilting, and whatever else is 'in progress' whether it's yarn or not! We're an equal-opportunity craft group! 

We've also had sewing night, the library has a few machines they set up. You can bring your own project, or make the small one they schedule with the provided fabrics and notions. 

If you haven't visited your library for a while, I encourage you to check them out! 

In case you're wondering, the Boise Public Library system does officially go by 'Library!' In the 1990s, a fellow here in Boise proposed adding the exclamation point to the name. It wasn't wildly popular with some people, but they came around. I loved it the first time I saw it, it made me feel the libraries were excited and exciting places to visit! 

Visit your Library! today!