The closest I’ve ever come to getting political on The Juggling Writer was last year, during banned books week. It’s banned books week, but this time, I’ll be more personal than political. Why I Am I grew up with a library of science and geography books at my disposal. Because those books were available in […]
Banned Books Week
While I’m very opinionated, I rarely espouse my beliefs on The Juggling Writer. Not today… * * * “Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people.” – Heinrich Heine * * * It’s banned books week, a week when all those evil, foul, and corruptible texts about gay penguins and other things get the […]
A Delicate, Floating State
Things change. I grew up with three major networks on television and PBS. UHF channels were like cable…that is, until cable came around. I grew up reading books — I love books! Lately, though, most fiction and non-fiction I’ve purchased has been electronic, read on my iPhone with the Kindle app and Stanza. Later today, […]
Free Library of Philadelphia Stays Open
I recently posted about the Free Library of Philadelphia having to close many branches and end most of its programs. Good news! The Free Library of Philadelphia received a flood of support. Here’s a thank you from library president and director, Siobhan Reardon. There has been a lot of talk about electronic media taking over […]
Closing Libraries in the City of Brotherly Love
The first library I remember was the library inside Washington Elementary School in Mundelein, Illinois. Each week, I looked forward to walking down the hall and to the library, where I could check out anything I wanted. Some of my favorites: A series about different animals. It was fiction about wild animals (I can’t remember […]