My LINKcat AccountEven though we're still waiting for Winter to arrive, the library's Winter Reading Program is well underway. If you read - and since you're reading this that isn't too far-fetched a notion-and you sign up for the program, you can earn rewards for reading. Details are available on our website (www.deforestlibrary.org) or in the library. Even though we are still waiting for Winter to arrive, we have already turned the corner as far as daylight is concerned. December 10th is the earliest sunset of the year. Since that date we have been adding a minute every now and then and as of today (the 12th of January) we have added 22 minutes to the tail end of the day. And as of January 10th, we gained a minute of day light on the sunrise end of things. So things are looking brighter, literally. Just to give you something else to make you think that Spring is not that far away, I saw robins on my front lawn last Friday. They were bopping along, eating berries that were falling out of the tree a couple of squirrels were clambering around in. Now we all know that "one robin does not a Spring make" (which should actually be "one swallow does not a Spring make" from the Aesop's fable or "One swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day" ~Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, bk 1, ch. 7 (C. 335 BCE)) but robins in January can certainly lift your heart. It's only three weeks until Ground Hog's Day and we all know how much closer to Spring that makes us feel. In the meantime, there are lots of new books to read. Enjoy!
