What I like about Libraries

Childhood memories of Saturday trips to the library make me feel warm and happy whenever I enter a library.

What is it that I like about libraries? The carpeted thick silence; the smell of dusty pages and binding glue; and the efficient whispers of librarians who know their way around a card catelogue as well as the library database.

I love the possibilities that a library presents : some new book to change my life or change the way I see the world; some new novel with an unforgetable story; some new prose so to break my heart and mend it again.

In the library its ok to gather as many books as you think you can read. It's ok to read part's of lot's of books until one draws you in to finish it.

The library is a community of people who love books and information. It can create a sense of belonging. I know I've settled into a new home town when I get my libary card. Every time I'm handed a new library card, I feel as if I've just been handed the keys to the world.

My busy life , ready electronic access to on-line information and all-night bookstores make my visits to the library a rarer and rarer treat.

I am looking forward to savoring those visits and seeing familiar places with new eyes.

It will be fun to share memories, observations and news about one of my favorite places.