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After several years of posting on Blogger, we've decided to make a change: we're moving to Tumblr. We've been working on this switch for a while now, and it's been up for public viewing for a couple weeks (you might have noticed the new link on our official website), but this is our first time announcing it to our regular blog readers.

We hope you'll the like the new design and format. Please continue to follow us and we'll make sure to continue to provide you with posts about library events, books that come across our desks, obscure word definitions, and other interesting stuff to be found all around the internet and our weird and wonderful world.

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Word Woman

Welcome to another wild and woolly episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! While you're out enjoying the summer weather, why not expand your mental horizons with a little life-long learning, such as improving your vocabulary? Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Nebulous:

1. of, related to, or resembling a nebula; nebular

2. indistinct, vague

from the latin nebulosus, misty, from nebula

-- "nebulous", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nebulous , 6/4/2011.

Example: Carl's nebulous recollection of where he parked his car resulted in a leisurely twenty minute stroll up and down the lanes of the parking lot in the pouring rain.

Word Woman

Welcome to another mind-bending installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! It's time to stretch those neural pathways with a little bit of mental exercise, like learning a new word. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:

Salubrious:

favorable to or promoting well-being


-- "salubrious", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salubrious , 5/21/11


Example: The salubrious effects of eating grapefruit are not to be overlooked.

Word Woman

Welcome to another astonishing episode of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! School may be out for the summer, but don't forget to keep your brain in shape with a little mental exercise, like learning new words. Here's the Word of the Week to get you started:


Lugubrious:

1. mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful lugubrious brooding — V. S. Pritchett>

2. dismal lugubrious landscape>


-- "lugubrious", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lugubrious , 5/20/2011


Example: In spite of the lugubrious atmosphere of the restaurant, it was remarkably popular as a meeting place for business executives on their lunch breaks.

Word Woman

Welcome to another exciting installment of Word Woman's Weekly Work-Out! It's June at last, and officially time to get started with your summer reading. I hope that you've picked out a few good books to help turn your summer into an adventure in reading. Here's the Word of the Week, for those who are interested in being adventurous with their vocabulary:

Vituperative:

1. Uttering or giving censure

2. Containing or characterized by verbal abuse

"vituperative", http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vituperative?show=0&t=1305055598 , 5/19/2011.


Example: Because of the vituperative quality of his comments at the rehearsal dinner, Brad was excused from his duties as best man at the wedding.

Family Summer Reading Program starts today!

Children's Librarian Karen is prepared to hand out reading packets!

 

 

 

 

Our annual family Summer Reading Program kicks off today Wednesday, June 1. Whether you are a kid, a bigger kid, or even the biggest kid of all, we have a reading program for you!

One World, Many Stories (Children’s Reading Program) – Come to the children’s desk and pick up a reading folder. Keep track of the time you spend reading and return to the library to collect prizes, including treats from the Dairy Queen, Good Food Store, Del’s Place, and Carousel tokens. In addition, the library will be providing lots of programs. For school-age children (first grade and older) there will be activity programs every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. These programs range from craft activities, to visits with animals, to stories and, of course, a party to celebrate the reading program. The Tuesday activities begin June 14 and run through July 26. Pick up a complete schedule of activities at the library in June. In conjunction with the summer reading program the library will also show movies Thursday afternoons at 2:00 p.m. The movies will begin June 16 and last through July 28.

U R Here (Teen Reading Program) - Teens, come to the library this summer and join the fun while U R Here. It all starts on Wednesday, June 15 with our Welcome to Summer Party at 2:00 p.m. Throughout the summer participate in the library’s Digital Photo Scavenger Hunt. Your photos will be on display August 5 as part of First Friday festivities. To get you started in the right direction attend the Digital Photo Class on Wednesday, June 22 at 2:00 p.m. at the library. And don’t forget the Steampunk Jewelry activity on Wednesday, July 13 at 2:00 p.m.

Novel Destinations (Adult Reading Program) – Pick up a check-off sheet at the library’s reference desk where you will have the opportunity to pick ten books to read from categories relating to travel. Complete milestones along the way for prizes: read three books to win a free small beverage at Civitella Espresso Bar; read five books to get your name entered into a drawing for a prize basket.

Come to the library (including our branches at Big Sky and Frenchtown, as well as Lolo) for some summer reading fun for everyone in the family!