There is no concert tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Oktoberfest will shortly be upon us and the Library is proud to have the Plateau Old-Time German Band performing at noon Wednesday, Sept. 24, in the Cumberland Room.
They will play authentic Oktoberfest music and other well-known selections befitting that autumn celebration.
Great new books
The Wilderness by Angela Flournoy. Follow a group of close friends, all Black women, through their 20s and 30s as they withstand grief, motherhood, relationship difficulties, and professional successes and setbacks in New York and Los Angeles.
Desiree deals with the death of her beloved grandfather and a related estrangement with her sister Danielle.
January is troubled by existential questions about motherhood and a marriage that doesn’t make her happy.
Nakia, a chef, learns hard lessons about success, inside and outside the kitchen, while librarian Monique makes a career pivot, dedicating all her efforts to becoming an online influencer.
Their friendship comforts and fortifies the women as they navigate the perilous, thorny, messy wilderness of modern adulthood.
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham. This mother-daughter author team explores a drama-filled year at an elite New England boarding school.
It opens with a surprising boost in the school rankings for Tiffin Academy, a seemingly average institution now shining under the national spotlight.
But as the school year unfolds, secrets spill and reputations crumble thanks to a mysterious gossip app called ZipZap.
The characters are wide-ranging, from a glamorous influencer to a guarded transfer student to a young, unsure teacher.
No Rest for the Wicked by Rachel Louise Adams. Meet forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne, who hasn’t been back to her hometown of Little Horton, WI, since she left 20 years ago.
Now she’s called back by the FBI, which is investigating the disappearance of her father, a retired U.S. senator.
In recent years, Dolores has had only minimal contact with anyone in her family. Back in Little Horton, which is famous for its yearly Halloween celebration (only days away), Dolores is pulled further into the investigation of her father’s disappearance when a murder occurs and her skills as a pathologist are needed.
As she delves into the present-day crimes, Dolores finds connections to the events in the past that drove her out of town in the first place.
Library Laugh I
What is a zucchini’s favorite game? Squash.
Stingy Schobel Says
Switch auto insurance coverage if you drive infrequently. Niche carriers such as Root or Metromile cater to low-mileage drivers. Your rate depends on how much and how safely you drive. If you get behind the wheel once a week to go to the store or doctor, you can save more than $1,000 a year compared with traditional insurance.
Some credit cards include insurance for damaged or stolen phones as long as you pay your monthly phone bill with the card. So check the fine print of your current cards before you spend $10 to $20 per month for the protection sold through your carrier.
Library Laugh II
Who helped the monster go to the ball? Its scary godmother.
Libraries=Information
Your expired milk and stale bread and cereal may not taste good, but they are treats your garden will love.
Dilute dairy milk with equal parts water and feed it to your plants. The calcium, vitamin D and protein work as a natural fertilizer.
You can also pulverize old bread and low-sugar cereals in a blender or coffee grinder and rake the crumbs into the soil. Beneficial insects and microbes will feed on it and help create even healthier soil.
It’s time to stop buying tennis balls to play fetch with your dog.
Turns out the fuzzy exterior isn’t good for them or the environment: The soft coating is made of plastic, and when its threads are shed from the ball, they become microplastics that can end up in waterways and/or ingested by your dog.
Plenty of alternatives are available, but among the best are plastic-free tennis balls, which have the same bounce, shape and feel of regular tennis balls but are totally free of microplastics.
Fall’s-around- the-corner bonus
What do you call a silly doorbell? A ding-dong.