Friends of the Jones Library System News

Undoubtedly you know it best as Norway's national day, and you wouldn't be wrong there, Friends. BUT? You can also strum to your heart's content on your uke that day, too.  Maybe you'd even like to pluck out Ja, Vi Elsker Dette Landet ?  

  For all the mothers out there.  The top 10 matriarchs in literature.

   

  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 .