Love Books? Consider Alternatives to Amazon

Wooden bookshelf filled with paperback and hardcover books.

I love books.

I’ve always loved books. I still have my children’s dictionary from when I was in first grade.

As well as dozens of paperbacks I read when I was in high school and college.

I would spend hours at the public library. In college, I worked at the university library as well as the public library.

When I volunteered at our public schools, I naturally found my way to volunteer at the school library. Continue reading Love Books? Consider Alternatives to Amazon

Photo of the Week: Muskegon’s Hackley Public Library

Romanesque granite building with turret, trimmed in red sandstone

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I love libraries.

Whether to find a new book to read, attend local events, or buy books at the library friends’ used book sale, you can’t keep me away from the library.

And when I travel to a new city or town, I always make time to visit their library.

Last week, that meant visiting the beautiful Hackley Public Library in downtown Muskegon, Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Muskegon’s Hackley Public Library

Photo of the Week: Howell Carnegie District Library

Howell Carnegie District Library with a clock.

Whenever I visit a town, one of the first things I do is look for the local library. And walking west of the downtown Holly, Michigan business district, you can’t miss their impressive public library. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Howell Carnegie District Library