National Library Week 2020 ~ Library Love
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I had the pleasure of working with some fabulous librarians at my school. Isn’t it awesome that there is an entire week to celebrate libraries?
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It really is Pete. I truly miss my library days.
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I miss my visits to the library so much while they are all shut down here.
That was where I always found such joy browsing through books and deciding which books to check out.
Love this post, Kim. 🙂
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I know how you feel Margie. It’s been two months now since I visited mine and I miss the smell, the feel of discovering a new book…😩
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Lovely post Kim. There isn’t a library near where I live, but I love seeing the libraries of castles I visit.
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Gasp! No library! That’s not right.😱 Thank goodness for your historical tours.🤗
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Lovely quotes and images, Kim. You must be nostalgic for your former career at times, I’m guessing.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I miss it dreadfully Pete.
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libraries and the people who work within them are a priceless part of any community
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Cheers Beth!🤗
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“If you meet a man of rare intellect…ask him what books he reads.” “Books are neatly portable magic”.
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Emerson and King. How can you go wrong!😊
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Did you see this in time for Library week….https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2020/04/23/mat-su-school-board-pulls-five-books-from-english-courses-including-invisible-man-and-catch-22/
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I hadn’t, but I’m not surprised. Censorship and book banning are alive and well in the U.S.
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It is pathetic…..government telling me what I can read….not on a chance…I read what I like and want….so did my daughter and granddaughter. chuq
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A wonderful reminder of why I always feel better when I visit my library❤
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I’m missing my weekly visits.
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Thank you, Kim, for this great post.
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My pleasure Robbie.
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I hope there is a Library in Heaven….
God bless
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Thanks Anna!
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The library was, and is still, a magical place for me. A place where I am content in the cool quiet of learning, where I am at its helm.
Thank you for this, Kim: “I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library.” Jorge Luis Borgess
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You’re very welcome!🤗
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Such great quotes. I loved my time working in the library and remember when I was a teen going and spending hours there in the summer reading.
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Glad you like them.
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Great quotes, Kim. And I’m glad to see you included the Doctor Who one 🙂 But no Hermione?

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I’ve used Hermione so often I decided to try to mix things up a bit.😁
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Kim, this is absolutely wonderful!
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Thank you so much Charles. That means a lot!🤗
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Here is a wonderful post from Kim at By Hook Or By Book!
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Oh my goodness! Thank you!
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Ah loved this post!
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YAY!
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How lovely to read and see these wonderful odes to libraries! I really miss my two libraries I haunt…I do have a creative project on the go: I choose a donated book a tenant isn’t reading from our laundry room book shelves, wrap it up and put a sticky on it with the words Reading In The Time Of Corona (A Blind Date Book) with a hint/blurb about the contents, I’ve even wrapped up a blank journal (Journaling In The Time Of Corona). I put my weekly offering in a crook of a hollow tree where squirrels play and hide their nuts, I was inspired by my local library and Indigo Books who did this pre-pandemic. I hope it brings some cheer to those who are missing their libraries!
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Wonderful idea!
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It’s brought me a lot of pleasure, too!
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Wonderful!
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Fabulous Kim. I remember when I was young, I used to sit in my mosque’s library for hours. Whenever I used to enter the library, the librarian used to give me a smile. Sometimes just for me, he would keep open until 12 am at night. I used to read read and read more. He used to suggest a book I would end up loving. Thanks for refreshing such good memories.
Stay Safe😊✌❤
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What a lovely memory!
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Thanks, Kimmy. It’s one of my most precious memory. ❤✌😊
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