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This shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, but I’m the aunt who gives books for Christmas. My nieces and...
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About a year ago, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a donation from the Marlinton Lions Club for audio books....
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Last time Library Lines highlighted some new non-fiction that can be found at McClintic Library (and some of the other...
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McClintic Library has a slew of new books that I’m dying to tell everyone about, and I usually list a...
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Last week I talked about my current project of weeding out old, damaged or underused books to make room for...
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If you’ve come into McClintic Library recently, you’ve seen stacks of books sitting around near the magazine area. This is...
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Pocahontas County Free Libraries had a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) last year named Christine Holsinger, who worked out...
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So as I sit down to write this week’s Library Lines, it is September 21, which just happens to be...
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Selecting books can be fun, of course, but it can also be challenging. Obviously, I want to choose books that...
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Have you ever want-ed to learn how to crochet? If you know how, have you ever thought it would be...
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Julia Child (1912 – 2004) will be portrayed by Karen Vuranch, of Fayetteville, in a West Virginia Humanities Council History...
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Any time the UPS truck pulls up to McClintic Library, everyone, and I mean every single person, turns to look...
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By Helena Gondry Hillsboro Library Friends “Shepherd’s Pie, Wild Mushrooms and English Tea” Reflections on Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) I have...
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One of the duties of a library’s board of trustees is to set policy for the library system. Policies usually...
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What if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to...
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A few months back I wrote about a series of murder mysteries, written by Alex Grecian, that I thoroughly enjoyed....
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Some of my recent articles have talked about the generous donations the libraries have received in the past few months...
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Summer is here! It’s a time of lazy, hot days full of sunshine, picnics, lemonade and vacations. But for librarians,...
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Last summer, Mountain State Press announced the publication of My People Was Music, a stunning collaboration of poetry, photography and...
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Living in Pocahontas County, the interest in the real-life Pocahontas is strong and inevitable. We’ve all heard the stories of...
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