True Confessions: Books with All the Juicy Details
Confession is supposed to be good for the soul. So, true confession must be even better, right?
Friday, March 15 is True Confession Day. It's the day we're all supposed to spill the beans and tell all to our family, friends, pets, co-workers, and the occasional stranger.
Most of us give no more thought to chickens than to deciding whether we want light or dark, original or crispy. Well, check out this superb documentary by PBS and prepare to be amazed!
In his day, R.A. Long built one of the nation's finest Gilided Age mansions, he owned what was called "the world's most beautiful farm," ran the planet's largest lumber company, and was one of his community's greatest philanthropists.
"The only certainties in life are death and taxes." (Whose quote is that?) Tax time is here, and MCPL’s got a few helpful ways to make it a little less painful.
Federal tax forms are out front on racks at the Kearney Branch. You can download any federal forms we don’t have at - http://www.irs.gov/Forms-&-Pubs.
Missouri and Kansas no longer send us forms, but you can get them all online.
Book Club Reads Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Handmaid’s Tale is a strongly feminist dystopian tale. When it first came out in 1986, I was fresh out of college and on my own for the first time. The oppressive future Atwood imagined for America filled me with righteous indignation. I was in my rebel-without-a-clue phase.
No Clucking, Chickens Are America's New Backyard Obsession
Whether it's for the fresh eggs, the drumsticks, the free fertilizer, or the hours of entertainment, Americans are once again filling their backyards with chickens.
Sci-fi author Dayton Ward may live and work in Kansas City, but he writes about worlds where no man has gone before. He was kind enough to "stop by" the Kearney Branch and talk with me about his life and career. Read on!
1. Your expertise on all things Star Trek goes way beyond fandom. Did being a writer or a Trekkie come first?
Can't Get Them to Read? Try Snarky Tales of Death and Suffering!
English monarch and world-renowned glutton Henry VIII eventually exploded because none of his courtiers wanted to break the news to their countrymen that he had died. Before poor Ludwig von Beethoven finally threw in the towel, his doctors steamed him like an artichoke until he ballooned to twice his size. And creepy, old Edgar Allan Poe wandered the streets of Baltimore for days wearing someone else's clothes and ranting incoherently before he died of a suspected case of rabies.
