Friends of the Jones Library System News

  Some folks read poems aloud. Others don’t dare. Some people write great stuff, Others get nowhere.   But Friends, here’s your chance! Come join in the fun. Read a poem from your favorite poet Or hey! Read an original one.   Everyone is welcome. In any language you choose. We guarantee your poems Will cure those pandemic blues.    (Click on image to enlarge.)

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 Friends, this is pretty cool. (Click on image to enlarge.)

A librarian with a love for eBay built this trove of culinary history . "Saltzman’s beloved community cookbooks, though, may be the collection’s most poignant historical records."    Hungry for a community cookbook after you read this article? The Jones Library happens to have copies of Amherst's own "The Well-Read Cook" for sale! Check it out .  

...in Station Eleven .  (Click on image to enlarge.)

Two FABULOUS things are happening this day, Friends.   First? That's the day Massachusetts opens up vaccines to EVERYONE 16 and older. YEEHAW, Friends!   And second? Ukelele strum. You can exercise your sore upper arm by playing your uke! Win-win.   Brighter days are coming, Friends.  

 You get two bites at the apple here. Busy Tuesday? Come by Wednesday!  Who loves you?  (Click on image to enlarge.)