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8+ Ideas for Unwinding During Stress Awareness Month & All Year Long
Posted on April 3, 2024 at 6:00 am
Stress doesn’t just affect the brain. It affects a person’s whole body. The “fight or flight” response can be helpful if you’re in short-term physical danger. But over time, it can damage your health. All the following can cause harmful long-term stress, also known as chronic stress... […]
Tags: adults, books, connection, exercise, humor, parents, positive, reading, screen time, sleep, stress, teens, writing
Bad Decision Books: Just-One-More-Page Reading of Irresistible Stories
Posted on March 21, 2024 at 6:00 am
What was the last book that you made a bad decision in order to read? I’m not asking about the book that made you put off cleaning out the refrigerator. Nearly any book could do that. I’m asking about the last book that made you spectacularly late for work or miss a whole night’s sleep... that magnitude of bad decision. I asked this question […]
Reading Romance: Did These 4 Novels Turn Me into a Romantic?
Posted on March 13, 2024 at 6:00 am
After a rough year, I decided that I would branch out and stretch my preferred reading tastes. Normally, I stick with thrillers and horror. Shockingly (okay, not so shockingly), this doesn’t help my existing anxiety problems. Which genre would I dive into, which felt the scariest? The answer for me was... romance (cue the Twilight Zone theme song […]
It’s National Craft Month: Get Inspired, Try Something New & Boost Your Creativity
Posted on March 7, 2024 at 6:00 am
March is a wonderful time to learn a new skill or fall back in love with an old favorite. To inspire your crafting muse, visit your library to see an art show! You can see and hear two Irish music groups at our libraries to help fuel your creativity. Take a workshop or check out something from our Library of Things or... […]
Tags: adults, art, community, crafting, creativebug, creativity, Flipster, hobbies, kids, parents, reading, teens, tweens
Transportation Safety in Our Region: Your Input Can Help How It Is Addressed
Posted on February 28, 2024 at 6:00 am
Safety is something we can all agree is important and a necessity for every human being. No matter where someone is going—to school, work, the grocery store, a park or anywhere—everyone deserves to get to their destination safely. Right now, this is not happening for everyone. See how you can provide input. […]
Tags: accident, biking, community, death, fatal, impaired driving, injury, input, regional safety action plan, safety, Spokane Regional Transportation Council, SRTC, traffic, transportation, vehicles, walking
Ways to Enjoy Nature & the Outdoors with Birdwatching, Beekeeping & Gardening
Posted on February 22, 2024 at 6:00 am
If you’d like to start thinking about spring, planning for your garden, and exploring more of what nature has to offer, then the library has a full slate of programs this spring to help you enjoy the outdoors—including your own backyard. You can enjoy birdwatching, beekeeping, and gardening events that will... […]
Tags: adults, beekeeping, bees, birds, birdwatching, gardening, hiking, nature, outdoors
Free & Unlimited Streaming Entertainment Means More to Love about the Library
Posted on February 14, 2024 at 6:00 am
This time of year is perfect for stay-at-home movie nights, and the library can help you enjoy entertainment for free with your in-district library card! In fact, we offer two free movie streaming services: Hoopla and Kanopy. Add these to our large selection of DVDs and that gives you over 100,000 free movies, TV series, shorts, and documentaries t […]
Tags: adults, documentaries, film, hoopla, Kanopy, kids, movies, parents, streaming, teens, television, tweens
Explore the Ice Age Floods That Created the Pacific Northwest’s Breathtaking Geology
Posted on February 7, 2024 at 6:00 am
Guest blogger Don Chadbourne shares the story of the Ice Age Floods, which will be the feature of four presentations focusing on different locations and perspectives at SCLD libraries in February. […]
Tags: adults, geology, ice age floods, natural history, pacific northwest, PNW, programs
Annual Community Art Show Encourages Imagination & Creativity for All
Posted on January 25, 2024 at 4:30 am
By Alison Johnson Annual Community Art Show The Annual Community Art Show returns to the library, inviting all to explore being creative. Each year, we get to see the fabulous imaginations of artists. Whether the art is impressively detailed, charming, cute, or wacky, there is always a variety of amazing art to view. This year, […]
Tags: adults, art, art show, booklist, community, kids, library, teens
9 Series That Serve Up a Different Kind of Cozy Mystery
Posted on January 17, 2024 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Getting Cozy January and February are full of short days and cold nights, which make for a natural time to rest (hibernation, anyone?). I think this is a great time to get cozy with a hot cocoa and read a new series. So, I’m focusing on the cozy mystery. For me, cozy […]
Tags: adults, booklists, books, cozy, murder mystery, mystery, reading
