Linda Bono Nothing’s the same anymore, is it? COVID-19 is our new reality. It’s an unprecedented situation, and we don’t know what the future will bring. Nevertheless, Friends of the Library (FOL) is making plans. At this writing, the date of the library’s reopening and any new restrictions are uncertain, but the library will be…
Linda Bono A new year brings fresh ideas and Friends of the Library (FOL) has been hard at work turning those ideas into new programs for the library. Our first event of the year in the library will be “A Celebration of the Old West!” For this inaugural 2020 Book Discussion, we’ve chosen a terrific…
Joan Muyskens Pursley Friends of the Library (FOL) is hosting a jigsaw puzzle contest in the RR Library on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 23. You are invited to form a team of three, sign up in the library for a time slot (10 a.m. or 2 p.m.), then choose a 500-piece puzzle and…
By any measure, the discussion in the library on Ron Chernow’s acclaimed biography, Grant, was a major success! On April 25, a beautiful spring day in Texas, sixty-three people gathered in the library to enjoy the third installment in Friends of the Library’s FRIENDS with WORDS Series. This was the first non-fiction book in the…
Linda Bono A large turnout on January 11 enjoyed a stimulating discussion of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the second Friends with Words activity hosted by the Friends of the Library (FOL). Published in 1960, Mockingbird is still a popular and cherished work, winning 2018’s PBS Great American Read Vote (with more than four…
Linda Bono Have you had a yen to eavesdrop on a book discussion, hear a stimulating lecture or participate in an educational seminar without making a major commitment or even leaving the Ranch? Then this is the place for you! The newly formed Friends of the Library just initiated a continuing series of programs in…