1. Don’t think you have room for a Garden?
2. Think your soil is not Seed worthy?
3. Outdoor gardening unrealistic
Because of physical limitations?
4. Just love to garden?
Square Foot
Gardening
Is For You!!!
The Oswego Public Library
With Angela & Carl Solomon
Are Presenting on
Saturday, May 30
At 2 p.m.
Call the Oswego Public Library
At 795-4921 for more information
Your Green Thumb is waiting for you!
Nancy Pickard will be visiting the Oswego Public Library on Monday, February 16 at 6:30 p.m. Ms. Pickard is a nationally known author and has written sixteen novels of mystery and deception as well as an severa short story compilations. Her works are included in anthologies of crime and mystery with such authors as Sue Grafton, Jeffery Deaver and Sara Paretsky. The public is invited to attend. If you have any further questions please contact the Oswego Public Library.
Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children’s imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn’t stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an “excitement addict.” Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape. He drank. He stole the grocery money and disappeared for days. As the dysfunction of the family escalated, Jeannette and her brother and sisters had to fend for themselves, supporting one another as they weathered their parents’ betrayals and, finally, found the resources and will to leave home. Hers is a story of triumph against all odds, but also a tender, moving tale of unconditional love in a family that despite its profound flaws gave her the fiery determination to carve out a successful life on her own terms. For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. Now she tells her own story.A regular contributor to MSNBC.com, she lives in New York and Long Island and is married to the writer John Taylor. The Osweg Public Library Book Club will discuss this book on Monday, October 27 at 6:30 p.m. at the Library. Come join us whether you have read the book or not, after the discussion you just may want to check the book out.
Listed below are the top 10 books that are available at the Oswego Public Library for checkout. These books not only made our list, but some titles are also on the New York Bestsellers List and Bestsellers by Amazon. Read one and let us know what you think!
1. The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
2. Brisinger (Inheritance book #3) by Christopher Paolini
3.The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
4. Breaking Dawn (Twilight series #4) by Stephanie Meyer
5. The Other Queen by Phillips Gregory
6. The Shack by William P. Young
7. Hot Mahogny by Stuart Woods
8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
9. American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
10. The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer
The Library underwent a massive make-over and remodeling project this year financed in part by a grant from the Southeast Kansas Library System. Almost every area of the building has been changed or reworked in some way. In the computer area, a new four-computer desk has been installed. The Young Adult area was completely moved to the area around the fireplace and the Children’s area now includes a gigantic tree! Adult sections of the Library also saw some love; the “Front Porch” landing now houses a coffee bar sponsored by Labette Avenue with two tables ready and waiting for readers looking for a quiet place to read and sip some hot cocoa. Of course, for those more technologically inclined, those same tables make a nice spot to take advantage of the Library’s free Wi-Fi. The “stacks” were also all rearranged and all of the Library’s collection should now be more accessible. As always, let us know if you need anything; we’re always willing to help hunt down a book or look up information for our patrons!
Be sure to check out the SEKLS blog (with pictures!) of the make-over and stop by soon to see the work for yourself!