Altamont Library Notes for Friday, July 12, 2013

The Altamont Free Library’s  Potluck Around the World’s destination for the month of July is Hungary.

            Recently a library visitor saw a notice for this event and she lit up.  Her mother had escaped from Hungary at the time of the 1956 revolution and had come to America.

            The patron’s feelings for the culture and cuisine of her mother’s first home were powerful.  She began reciting a list of all the special foods she hoped to create for her fellow potluck travelers.  It was a heart-felt moment.

Home Town Writers

          The Library is the proud possessor of three new “local color” books, all written with support from Federal Library Services and Technology Act funds, awarded to the New York State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

            The three books, all authored by dedicated library supporters, are Dorothy Hawes Armstrong’s   89 Years: One Day at a Time,   Sara Elizabeth Killen’s  A Little Bit Country, and Stewart  Linendoll’s  Grandpa’s Hiking Trip           

     All three will open a reader’s eyes, and expand a reader’s heart.  They can be found and read at the library, but they are not circulation items.

Reading and Eating

    The Farmers’ Market is back.  There haven’t been a great many obvious signs of summer’s return, and it’s good to have one right under our overhang, afforded the same protection as was once provided to the outgoing mail and a passenger’s suitcase.

            The market is open every day except Wednesday; the hours are 11 a.m to 6 p.m.,during the week, and 10 to 2 on the weekends.  Cukes are 75 cents apiece; Delaware corn will cost you 75 cents an ear.