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Friends of Liberty Library Newsletter

March 7, 2021

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since the library closed and then open with restrictions. It has been a year like no other! But the future is looking hopeful. We will be able to open the windows again with warmer weather. I have an appointment for my first COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday. Some of the library volunteers have already received theirs. Next month, we should be able to be open more hours. The library began using the new system just before we closed and volunteers will need to be retrained. So the hours will increase gradually, and we will continue to follow the guidance from the Maine CDC. Thanks for your patience and understanding.

Anthology

Thurs, March 25, 6:00pm
Join us for an hour of listening to an assortment of stories, poetry and other short works on the chosen theme – “Women’s History” since March is Women’s History Month. This program is a collaboration between Appleton Library, Liberty Library, Searsmont Town Library, and Vose Library in Union. Anthology is a friendly gathering in which adults can collectively listen to short works read aloud in a fun, lively environment. Bring your dinner, bring your knitting, bring a friend!

Register and the Zoom link will be sent to you on March 24th.

Book Discussion

Wednesday, March 10, 6:30pm

We will be reading and discussing Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains by Kerri Arsenault. Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault's own family. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for that seemingly secure childhood. The mill, while providing livelihoods for nearly everyone, also contributed to the destruction of the environment and the decline of the town's economic, moral, and emotional health in a slow-moving catastrophe, earning the area the nickname "Cancer Valley." Anyone is welcome to attend even if you haven’t read the b

Register and the Zoom link will be sent to you on March 9th.

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Summer Reading Program

This year’s Summer Reading theme is Tales and Tails. We are asking children to read to earn points to buy cat and dog food for the Waldo County Pet Food Pantry. The need is great this year as more people are seeking help from the pantry due to the pandemic. If you know a business or if you would like to support this program, please send a check and specify that it is for “Summer Reading.” Your donation will not only support literacy but also support pets in Waldo County!

Items of Interest …

John Bunker: Grandma’s Apple Orchard: the perfect orchard with only twelve trees. How did she do it? If you missed the program, you can view it at https://tinyurl.com/wvcc2wf9

“War Pigeons” Book Talk with Author Elizabeth Macalaster - If you missed it, you can watch the recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1v_Hpj8CCQ

Becoming Us: A Discussion of Michelle Obama's Memoir Thursdays, March 11 and March 25 at 5:30–7:00pm Hosted by the Maine Humanities Council. Anisa Khadraoui and Sophie Mutamuliza for two nights of free online discussions on Michelle Obama's memoir "Becoming," following her journey from Chicago to the most famous home in the world--ultimately carving a new path all her own. Readings provided. Registration required: please email info@mainehumanities.org

The Nickel Boys: Historical Context and Contemporary Applications, a Facilitated Dialogue -Thursday, March 11, 6–7:30pm David Patrick and Desiree Vargas of Racial Equity & Justice. Register

Celebrating (PI)E Day ​- March 14, or 3.14 Math enthusiasts and dessert lovers can unite over a delicious slice of pie. Celebrate your love of infinite decimal places with your kids by challenging them to a PI(E) bake-off! Both Geometry Is as Easy as Pie and Geology Is A Piece of Cake by Katie Coppens can be borrowed from the library.

Fans of popular young adult author Leigh Bardugo will be excited to know that “Shadow and Bone” will premiere on April 23 on Netflix. Read Shadow and Bone beforehand.

Unclaimed property list https://www.maineunclaimedproperty.gov/app/claim-search

Ancestry use from home has been extended until June 30, 2021. Access it through the Digital Maine Library.

Also part of Digital Maine Library — World Book Encyclopedia has updated their web interface. Did you know that if you are in Maine you no longer need a password to use Digital Maine Library? If you are not in Maine but have a Liberty Library membership, you can use that number to access it from anywhere.

Town of Liberty Annual Meeting - Saturday, June 12, 9:00am Like last year, the plan is to hold it at the Liberty Fire Station.

Maine Vaccination Information - The latest guidance and reliable source.

If you are like me, it is becoming more difficult to remember things. Well, parents who come to Story Time know I that I have never been very good at remembering children’s names. Perhaps this memory trick will help.

Sherlock Holmes' famous memory trick really works

By Yasemin Saplakoglu

Sherlock Holmes remembers everything by imagining that he's storing bits of information in a "memory palace," a technique that originated in ancient Greece. Now, researchers have found that this method really does work to create long-lasting memories.

Users of the mnemonic technique, called the "method of loci," mentally navigate around a familiar place, such as a path (or Holmes' palace). To remember a piece of information, you "drop" it along the path and later retrace your steps and "pick it up." For example, if you're very familiar with Central Park in New York City, you can imagine walking through it, dropping the word "book" at the Boat House, then the word "water bottle" at the next bend, then the word "space" at the fountain. When you want to remember the words, you imagine retracing your exact steps.

By training with this method, the world's best memory champions can remember inordinate amounts of information, like word lists, digit series and decks of cards, according to the study. But the World Memory Championships test only short-term memory

Published March 5, 2021 https://www.livescience.com/amp/ancient-memory-technique-creates-long-lasting-memories.html

Greenlights

I have been listening to the audiobook Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey, read by him. You might know McConaughey as an actor in numerous movies, including a Best Actor Award for the Dallas Buyers Club (2013), or his TV commercials for the Lincoln Motor Company. In his hometown of Austin, Texas, McConaughey has started a charitable foundation to help teenage kids, and Texas Monthly claimed that “Matthew McConaughey Did More for Texas Than Ted Cruz” during the recent snowstorms and power outages. Greenlights isn’t your typical celebrity autobiography; in fact, that’s the very first line in his book. This is a passage from the book that I enjoyed:

I never wrote things down to remember; I always wrote things down so I could forget. The idea of revisiting my life and musings was a daunting one; I wasn’t sure if I’d enjoy the company.

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