Tuesday Night Book Group

One of the first duties assigned to me, discussed on my first visit to the library, was leading the Tuesday Night Book Group. Coming into an established and ongoing group, especially as the designated leader, is always challenging. Fortunately Martha Magene, the previous Director left detailed notes so we put together this year's reading list from the groups suggestions last spring and had a rousing discussion of Elisabeth Tova Bailey's Sound of a Wild Snail Eating. You can find more information about the groups choices and resources on their list at
http://easthambookgroup.pbworks.com/w/page/45173835/FrontPage.

Summer ends with a splash!

Hurricane Irene didn't have a big effect on the library except many people returned their books as they left town early. We actually figured this would make it easier to reabsorb all those volumes onto our crowded shelves.
Then we had the steady rain right after Labor Day with even more books pouring back into the library, mostly through our book drop located beside the building. It was a wet day for books and staff alike!
As we settle into our fall routines with the year-round population we begin to look ahead to stabilizing our current building until we can move forward with construction. Please notice the work our Friends have done to spruce up the historic entrance to the library.

Beginnings

This is a great time to be joining the Library staff. The community is looking forward to the new library now that the grant to the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners has been approved. Because we are on the waiting list we will have some time to refine our plans with Centerbrook architects. The plans for a beautiful new library that is ecologically sensitive to our lakefront location and the existing scale of the surrounding homes on Samoset Rd are available to everyone in the library. I served as Director of the Brewster Ladies Library when they built their addition in 1998 and look forward to putting the knowledge and experience from that project to work for Eastham.
Meanwhile I look forward to working with the board, staff, friends, and volunteers at the library to keep our current library as useful as possible to our users. We'll continue to make the library a vital part of the community.
I'm reading David MuCullough the Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
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