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Thanksgiving thoughts for you and your family

By Carole Howard and the Library Staff

As families and friends gather this weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving, we offer some thoughts from great Americans reflecting on this important national holiday:

• George Washington in his first Presidential Proclamation on October 3, 1789: “It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.”
• Abraham Lincoln in 1863, during the Civil War: “We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown.”
• Albert Schweitzer: “To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value what is done for you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action that is the expression of gratitude.”
• William Faulkner: “Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity; it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”
• Theodore Roosevelt in 1901: “Let us remember that, as much as been given to us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”
• Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy: “Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.”

Closed over Thanksgiving

The library will be closed November 22, 23 and 24 for Thanksgiving and for carpet cleaning.

Books on mindful living

We have two additional books by spiritual leader and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. “Peace is Every Step” shows how to make positive use of the very situations like a ringing telephones, red lights or traffic jams that too often pressure and antagonize us. “Touching Peace” teaches us mindful breathing and the awareness of what is refreshing and healing within us and all around us.

Books making news

“The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court” by bestselling author and legal commentator on TV Jeffrey Toobin takes readers inside the chambers of the most important legal body of our country, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who decide the law of the land.

Books for 3rd through 7th graders

“The Icebound Land” is book three in the “Ranger’s Apprentice” adventure series by Australian author John Flanagan. “Diary of Wimpy Kid” is a novel in cartoons by Jeff Kinney about life in middle school.

Books for 7th graders and older

“Love,” by Jerry Spinelli tells of the adventures of Stargirl after she moves away from Arizona via letters to her boyfriend Leo. Ellen Hopkins’ “Glass” is a sequel to “Crank,” the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back into hell, a disturbing look at addiction told in verse. “ Princess Academy” by Shannon Hale tells what happens when a 14-year-old attends a strict academy for potential princesses with other girls from her mountain village.“Seeing Redd” in Frank Beddor’s Looking Glass War series covers the return of Alyss to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland.

Fantasy

“The Orc King” by R.A. Salvatore is the beginning of a new trilogy, part of the long-running saga of the dark elf Drizzt.

New novels by bestselling authors

“Exit Ghost” by Philip Roth is the last novel in the Nathan Zuckerman series. “Portuguese Irregular Verbs” is part of a new series by Alexander McCall Smith. “Run” is the latest novel by “Bel Canto” author Ann Patchett, this one set in Boston. “The Choice” is the latest love story by Nicholas Sparks. “Free Fall” by Fern Michaels is the latest in the author’s Sisterhood series. “Where Angela Go” is a new Christmas story by Debbie Macomber featuring Shirley, Goodness and Mercy, the three angels who love their assignments on earth.

Thanks to our donors

For books and materials this week we thank Camille Cazdessus, Emily Deitz, Kathy Hamilton, Ronald Jyleen, Wanita Martin, Marilyn Moorehead, Pat Pearson, Kate Petley, Helen L. Richardson and Peter Welch.

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