I spent the afternoon at the Library. I went looking for a James Baldwin book of essays. They didn’t have it. But they did have other books. Lots of other books.
I don’t know if you’ve ever spoken with a librarian, but if you haven’t, you should. We talked about books, buying books, writing books, our favorite book shops, hoarding books.
How we can spend our entire lives lost between the aisles of books.
I always go through the 800s
These are essays and poetry…
The oldest books in the library.
Most have been here so long they aren’t even categorized… some books are plays or letters…some haven’t been checked out since 1970…but they are still here… in this shelter for knowledge and discovery,waiting.
It’s almost national library week
Even if it wasn’t
I would still write about how important I believe libraries are.
They make it so easy to access information…
I wouldn’t be writing if it were not for libraries…
Every Saturday my mother would pack us up and we would go to the grocery store and then to the library. It was the highlight of our week.
We didn’t have a lot of money
And this enabled me to get any book I wanted and sometimes even a movie. And when we lived too far out from a library, there was the bookmobile. A mobile library brought to our community.
When I lived on my own I started using the library again. It makes for an easy budget.
It’s free accessible information.
Libraries have always given us the ability to grow as much as we are willing no matter how we live or where we live.
Ray Bradbury used them
Neil Gaiman used them
Most likely every writer and filmmaker has been influenced in some way by a library.
They are safe havens for the curious and the afraid
The artist afraid to run for the exit but looking out the windows…
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Because everyone deserves the opportunity to access information.
I will never forget my first library card. The power and responsibility I felt.
With this card I could read any book in the building for free.
But I always found books I wasn’t looking for, like thumbing through a dictionary discovering new worlds.
I believe libraries are important
And should have sure funding.
I have a tattoo of a library stamp…to remind me to never forget to be kind or to donate to those magic librarians. They really are our very own Rupert Giles…which gives us a responsibility, doesn’t it?
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