I Rediscovered My Local Library

Posted by Mrs Zeee on 08/18/2009

I am happy to annouce to the world that I have rediscovered my local library!

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It took a lot for me to replace the stigma of what the library used to be: clear plastic-covered books that smelled of must and glue, card catalogs neatly arranged for those of us savvy enough to figure out the dewey decimal system, and battered wooden tables and chairs that served us public records of every crushing teenage girl that sat in them: “Tracey loves Greg no Matt no Rick. 4-Ever…”

I haven’t set foot in a library since college and now, a child and a crippling recession later, I wonder how I ever survived this long without it?

Did you know that the library has:

Free Internet Access
Movie and DVD rentals
Classes for Kids, Adults and Seniors
Art and Music Exhibitions
Poetry Readings and all sorts of performances
a Snack Bar
Air conditioning
Oh, and BOOKS!! Remember those?

And the best part: all it costs is a proof of residence.

Maybe I sound like an idiot, but I am telling you that rediscovering the library is like rediscovering youth — a local destination for the whole family — with slightest hint of must and quiet to make it feel like old times.

Soooo, to butcher Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and I quote “Get thee to the library!”

I promise, you won’t be disappointed.