Posted in Explore and Discover on February 27, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole It’s nearly Go Time, my gardening friends! We’ve almost made it through the winter, through the snow and the ice, through the below-freezing temperatures. We have watched last summer’s plants freeze and die back, disappear under a blanket of snow, and get stomped on (along with other indecencies) by neighborhood cats. We […]
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Tags: adults, composting, composting with worms, DIY, events, family, food, garden, gardening, health, hobbies, kids, Master Gardeners, plant sales, plant starter, plant starter exchange, plant starts, pruning, seed libraries, seeds, teens, tweens, urban farming, weeding, worms, youth
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 26, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Do you hygge? Maybe you have no idea what I’m asking about. I didn’t either, until recently when I listened to the audiobook of Meik Wiking’s The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living. I highly recommend reading or listening to this book. The author himself does the reading for […]
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Tags: activities, ambiance, blues, camaraderie, candelight, candles, comfort, comfort food, companionship, contentment, cozy, Danish, happy, happy living, hygge, hyggeligt, jazz, music, nourishment, snuggle, winter
Posted in Explore and Discover on November 22, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole Readers quickly divide into two groups when it comes to audiobooks: those who consider listening to audiobooks as reading and those who don’t (“it’s cheating!”). On which side do you fall? I am a lifelong member of the pro-audiobook club. I’ve been listening to books for as long as I can remember. […]
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Tags: adults, audiobooks, authors, booklists, books, digital library, family, hoopla, kids, overdrive, parents, teens, tweens, YA
Posted in Explore and Discover on August 29, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole If you signed up for the Summer Reading Program at scld.northwestreads.org, then you might have noticed all the great hikes listed within many of the library-specific challenges. As a non-native to the Spokane area, this was just the motivation I needed to explore my new home. The summer for my family means […]
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Tags: Centennial Trail, Dishman Hills Conservation Area, guidebooks, hikes, hiking, hiking trails, Holmberg Park Conservation Area, local hikes, online summer reading, spokane, Spokane Centennial Trail, Spokane Fish Hatchery, Story Trail at St. George's School, trail guidebooks, Turnbull
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 30, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Sometimes, when I find myself in the mood for an upbeat, quick read, I look to the library’s graphic novel sections. Traditional super-hero stories aren’t my cup of tea. I find myself drawn more to the stories that include strong, primary female characters. Luckily these days, there are quite a few great […]
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Tags: booklists, books, comics, digital library, female protagonist, graphic novels, hoopla, reading, teens, tweens, YA
Posted in Explore and Discover on May 9, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Every year around this time, I think to myself, “Hooray, we made it! Thank goodness spring is here!” Of course, that’s usually when it starts to snow again. I know we will have a hot summer again soon enough, but after a winter like the one we’ve just been through, I can’t […]
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Tags: adults, authors, booklists, books, reading
