According to Greek mythology and
Wikipedia, Chione was the daughter of Boreas, the god of the north wind and
Orithyia a daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens. According to a late, though generally
accepted tradition, Chione was the mother of Poseidon’s son Eumolpus. She threw him into the ocean because of her
fear of her father’s reaction.
Fortunately, Eumolpus was rescued and raised by Poseidon, god of the
sea, earthquakes, and horses.
On Wednesday, April 25th,
at 10:00, Chione will visit Litchfield library.
Our Chione is much nicer than their namesake, and I’m looking forward to
the visit. Chione is a musical quintet
representing the Mankato Symphony. They
visited Dassel library last week and Elisabeth said it was a marvelous program
with lots of fun for everyone. Story
Time with Chione is made possible with a grant from the Minnesota State Arts
Board.
Elementary school teachers are already
registering their class field trips to the library. We reserve the last part of May for these
visits. I’m excited that our summer reading theme is “Reading Takes you
Everywhere!” Our weather is uncertain this year, so having me visit the
school is a good solution to the weather situation. Please call the library at 693-2483 to
reserve your time for a class visit.
Class visits mean that story times
are winding down. Toddler Time and
Preschool Story Time will temporarily end May 12. Beginner Book Club and Brickheads will both
continue through May. Then everything
will start up again with the Summer Reading Kick off on June 1st. Toddler Time and Preschool Story Time will
begin June 6 and 8. As I write these
words, we’re waiting to see if we get snow this weekend, so it’s difficult for
me to think that summer events are so soon.
On Thursday night the Brickheads
thought they had struck gold. Thanks to
the Friends of the Litchfield Library, there were cookies, juice, and coffee in
the lobby. The Friends invited local
authors to bring their books to the library.
Nine local authors came and enjoyed meeting and greeting old and new
fans. I don’t know how many books were
sold, but I saw people leaving with small stacks of beautiful new books. Thanks, authors, for sharing your works with us!
Our head librarian, Beth Cronk, put up a
display called MN Writes MN Reads. This
is a project which is designed to encourage local authors to publish books
independently, and to put readers in
touch with local writers. The website
for the project is https://www.mnwritesmnreads.org/ and the website to search for independent
authors is https://library.biblioboard.com/home. Both websites are worth a look.
Happy Spring! (Borrowed from a friend's FB page 4/14/18)
