And suddenly it is August… Old Home Day, families on vacation, kids heading back to school. We must make the most of each day!

Old Home Day is just around the corner (Saturday, August 13^th – all day, on the Common) and the excitement is building. Have you seen the posters with a full schedule of activities? We at the library will be open from 9 until 1, pausing, of course, for the parade. We will have our usual book sale with children’s selections outside in front of the library and the rest of the books will be inside and out by the back door… many, many great selections!

Speaking of Old Home Day, this year’s theme is “It’s Your Story” and you (long timer or new, older or younger) are invited to share your story! Grab your cell phone and take a quick video… Perhaps you might share a fond memory about what you like about life in Rumney or how you happened to make Rumney your home… When you are done, email your video (and we hope it includes your picture) to rumneyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com  If you would like any additional information stop by the Information Booth on the Common and talk with Kim Ganley or the Rumney Museum and see Kathy Wallace.  

Summer is moving along and today we start our last week of Summer Reading. We’ve all enjoyed this year’s theme, Oceans of Possibilities. We’ve talked about whales (The Blue Whale can be 120 feet long!) and sharks (The Greenland Shark lives in the frigid waters around Greenland and can live over 500 years!). This week we are all about Octopuses or Octopi if you prefer. Next week we will share what we have learned!

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Se      Sedaris, David – Happy-Go-Lucky (2022) – As always, Mr. Sedaris captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about the recent upheavals. If we must live in interesting times, there is no one better to chronicle them! (Filed under LIVES)

·         Baldacci, David – Dream Town (2022) - #3 in the Aloysius Archer series – It’s 1953 and Archer is in Los Angeles to ring in the new year and, of course, we are in for several chilling events…

·         Brooks, Geraldine – Horse (2022) – Inspired by the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

·         Evanovich, Janet – The Recovery Agent, (2022) - #1 in a brand-new series -   in this series, our heroine is Gabriela Rose who is reliable, cool under pressure and well trained in weapons of all types. Get ready for a novel that is tense, suspenseful, wild, funny, and wise.

·         Ginder, Grant – Let’s Not Do That Again (2022) – A mother running for the senate, a son running from his problems, and a daughter running straight into trouble… Smart, funny, and tear-jerking, this novel proves that like democracy, family is a messy, fragile thing.

·         Weiner, Jennifer – The Summer Place (2022) – This novel is a testament to family in all its messy glory, a story about what we sacrifice and how we forgive, and a good summer read!

Just want to say how much we enjoy our seasonal patrons who return each summer to explore our backroads and beautiful Stinson Lake and take the time to visit us. What fun to see the children and how much they have grown. August is bittersweet as the goodbyes begin.

Wishing everyone a good week and we look forward to seeing you on Old Home Day.
Susan and the Library Ladies.
August 1, 2022