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It's hard not to worry about what's going to happen tomorrow. But, today was pretty great.


Today was a lovely day. A little too breezy for my taste but other than that, so nice to see the sun. Not only the sun, but the flowering trees and the lambs in the field on the corner of Richards and South St. in Portsmouth. 

I went on a long walk with a friend today, we were both wearing masks -- oh, and we were both using bluetooth headphones to talk to each other while we were walking. I was walking around Portsmouth and New Castle, and she was walking in Rye, and we caught up on our families, what our lives are like right now, and what we're reading (she's reading The Things They Carried, and I'm still reading The Mirror and the Light). 



It's not the same - so many things aren't the same. But, we were walking together, and it was really, really nice. Even if things can't or won't be the same, it doesn't mean something is completely lost. 


As we move towards a "new normal" library, things won't look or work exactly the same - we know that. Together, we'll make some changes but that won't change the heart and work of the library.

Our promises to you won't change; we'll always be Stratham's library and we'll always be working hard to bring you the best of everything.
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Good Movies That You Probably Haven't Seen
(that are available in the library's digital collections!) 
Based on lists by Ty Burr, Boston Globe


The Illusionist (2006): The less critically acclaimed of two 2006 movies about magicians (“The Prestige” is the other) is also the more blissfully enjoyable to watch with your brain turned (partly) off. Edward Norton plays an up-from-poverty prestidigitator in old Vienna, Jessica Biehl is his beloved, and Paul Giamatti hams it up in high style as a police inspector. Plus a fabulous Philip Glass score.
Watch for free on Hoopla Digital / Hoopla App.

The Magdalene Sisters (2003): A blistering, furious drama set in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, where unwed mothers and other “sinful” young women were imprisoned for years under the iron rule of the Sisters of Mercy. The last one closed in 1996.

Watch for free on Hoopla Digital / Hoopla App.

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2006): Despite being available on demand hardly anywhere, I still feel compelled to recommend this absolute charmer about the friendship between an elderly lady (Joan Plowright) and the young artist (Rupert Friend, long before “Homeland”) she takes on as a grandson, since the real grandson’s a prig who never visits. The movie advances the radical notion that your family should deserve you, and if they don’t, you should find appropriate substitutes. 
Watch for free on Hoopla Digital / Hoopla App.

A Most Wanted Man (2014): In his final starring performance, Philip Seymour Hoffman is unforgettable in this action-thriller from spymaster John Le Carré (TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY). When a mysterious immigrant arrives in Hamburg's Islamic community looking to recover his deceased father's ill-gotten fortune, he attracts the attention of U.S. and German intelligence, kicking off a race to uncover the truth.

Watch for free on Hoopla Digital / Hoopla App.

A Small Act (2010): A testament to the rippling effect of a single act of kindness, A Small Act follows a rural Kenyan student-turned-Harvard-grad as he tracks down the woman whose sponsorship changed his life.
Watch for free on Hoopla Digital / Hoopla App.
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