Monthly Archives: January 2017

You might think that people have one particular favorite movie, but that is not the case for me! I have several that I would call my favorites, ranging from old classics to current movies. Some of my favorite titles are The Ugly Dachshund, Sabrina, Charade, To Catch a Thief, Move Over Darling, Dirty Dancing, and any Star Wars or Star Trek movie. Believe me, that list could go on! I often check out an old movie for the weekend, and if I get time, I will burrow into my sewing room with a project, pop in a movie, and relax for a couple of hours.

I am fortunate enough that I get to order our movie selection for the library, so I see a variety of genres come in. With some of the selections, it’s hard to tell if they will be good or not by their descriptions, but it is fun to read about them and develop the library’s collection. We have a wide variety of movies and TV series, and we are always up for any title suggestions you may have.

Hope to see you soon checking out our large movie collection!

Wendy Contini

Technical Services Manager

PS: If you like Classic Movies, too, be sure to join us every Monday at 2:00 PM for our Classic Movie Mondays! This week, I hear we’re watching the fabulous Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in a classic musical set in Paris. 😉

 “Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.”

-Maya Angelou

“Normal is a setting on a washing machine. Be awesome.”

-Unknown

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”

-Mark Twain

“Dear Emma, if I could give you one thing in life, I would give you the ability to see yourself through my eyes. Only then would you realize how special you are to me. Love, Dad”

-Garth Callaghan

These are just a few of the napkin notes that the author packed in his daughter’s lunch bag every morning. His promise was to write 826 napkins so that Emma, his daughter, would have one every day until she graduated from High School.

He started making lunches and packing napkin notes when she was small. After Emma turned twelve, her father Garth was diagnosed with kidney cancer. The prognosis was not good. Garth was diagnosed with cancer four time and was given an 8% chance to live long enough to see his daughter graduate from High School.

I found this book to be very inspirational. The big message is to treasure what is really important – relationships and friendships that matter. Emma started to save all her Dad’s notes. There would never be any doubt what her Dad believed in and what he stood for.

Pack. Write. Connect. Life is short, and Napkin Notes by Garth Callaghan is a positive statement about hope.

-Jan Ridenour

Technical Services Specialist