Thursday, June 25, 2009

Six-Word Memoirs

Legend of the Six Word Memoir:
Hemingway was once challenged to write a story in only six words. His response?
"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Here are some six word memoirs from other folks:

From Kids:
I am going to middle school.
My life is fun and loving.
Eat until you very, very full.
I like ice cream. Try it.
Living life the best I can!
life is temporary...Love is forver.
I trust in Jesus, my savior.
I love ice cream try it now
Toys and friends and nothing else.
Super cool, super fantastic, super awesome
Baby Micropreemie: Miracle
I am nice to people.
Micropreemie: Miracle Baby
Three little words: happy, happy, happy!
I love ice cream. Try it someday.

From Teens:
Friends. Horses. Life is so great.
Anything is possible, great I’m dead.
Boyfriend, heartbroken, shatter, confuse, over it.
Friends, books, and laughs = great summer.
Crushes for weeks, girlfriends for years.
Life: good, bad, and in between.
Friends, sports, books, and music = Happiness
Learning to accept my own faults.
The ants are marching they bite!
Dream Smile do Climb Challenge Fight
Be a rainbow in someone’s cloud!
I really like pie. It's true.
Live to tell your own life.
Everyone froze as the sky fell.
Blessings should be shared, not rept.
"My little wild thing," she said.
The lamp told me I'm sane.
Simplicity is the beauty of life.
Be ccol and wrap your tool! :)
Life is just one big adventure!
Hey, it's the "spaz", call me!

From Adults:
Much too driven to be relaxed
Born-School-Married-Children-Retired-Died
I totally meant to do that
Marry, Terry, Kathy, David- oh my!
First I wasn’t, then I was…
May what is started be finished
Don’t be hateing be creating
Started out rough, ended up fine
All work, no play, not me!
Not ready to check out yet
There’s nothing to do in Placerville
If only I had known that!
So far so good
Blessed with children, family, and friends
I quit, that’s why I’m here
Shut out Big Brother, no TV
Someway, Somehow, this too shall pass
Why? Sadness. Change. Hope. Suffering…Endurance
I still expect to have sandwiches
From here to there, East-West
Better to ask forgiveness than permission
Mother of two-no grandkids yet
A life too full for words
I have lived a very happy life
Ins and outs- ups and Downs
Loving mother of two busy kids
You are what you is
I am still working on it!
Finally retired- still work no pay
Having lots of fun between injuries
I love, therefore I am alive
Not the life I volunteered for
War isn’t hell. War is worse.
Will work for food. Three Degrees.
Hold on, not too fast!-Dead?
Foot in mouth, please pull out
Brain for sale- hardly ever used
She asked and I said yes!
I am unable to explain here
Marriage-Betrayal-Alone-Companion-Truth-Happiness
I came, I saw, I fled
Loved every minute of it!
Kids, housework, whine...cheese, crackers, wine
Let’s go have another grand adventure!
Could have paid my library fines!
Hurts like hell; moving ahead anyway!
I like to run with scissors
I love computers, that's life
"Life is hard." "Compared to what?"
Conception-Birth-Pablem-Old-Older-Death
Earth: I was here. So what?
Some will...Some won't...So what?
Good talent: Learn to say "Sorry."
Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?
Heartache: didn't get to say "Good-bye."
Necessary non-essentials: umbrella, shoes, lipstick, ex-husband
Your money isn't necessarily your life
Unnecessary necessities:
I love computers that's all
Life's a challenge and then?
Tried to run a good race
May I leave this world smiling!
Never to old to grow and learn!
Living moments one at a time!
My life has been truly blessed
White hair doesn't match mental age
Born to play Bach and bluegrass
I was born, I will die
My daughter calls my stuff "vintage"
So many books, so little time
Happily married to a wonderful man
Mother to three beautifully giggly children
Divorce: it happens...Deal with it!
New Beginnings: Opportunity for happy endings :)
Mom: quintessential problem solver and peacemaker
Inner music first; then the guitar
parents way, so took the highway
Successful at all; happy at none
My life is ordinary; it's great!
Heard her first cry, love forever
Then I found him, love eternal
Carry baggage: more old than new
Many highways led me here today
Here, there, everywhere: Life's a journey
Took the nearest offramp to her
Sit down, listen, share, and do-it!
We still believe in true love
Chives, garlic, beans, peas. Gopher wins.
Winter nights, summer days, hot flash!
pressing on- as I've always done
Discovered Jesus, my savior, my friend.
Living the abundant life. Thanks Jesus.
It started hard, then got better
Mom: mother of multiples, of miracles
Was born and soon will die
Grandmother to four cherub angels
Kids are angels with filthy faces
A cat person with three dogs
I'm not argumentative, but you are!
Tu casa es mi casa, really!
I started slowly, then tapered off
I'm not a complete cynic, yet
Still hoping to find my swing
Driving it like i stole it
Excuse me, are you bossin me?
Yearning for spring, for all eternity
Is it time to eat yet?
Being in charge is way overrated
Life evolved from Jesus to Darwin
Retired- what more could you want

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

No Friends of the Library Book Sale in July

Due to the holiday the Friends of the Library will not be holding their monthly book sale at the main library in Placerville on July 4th. Be sure to check the library lobby during open hours for our best buys. Our next big sale will be Saturday, August 1st, 2009. Hope to see you then!

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Get the Facts About the H1Ni Flu

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Cameron Park Staff Favorite Reads of 2008

The Cameron Park Staff has chosen their favorite books for 2008.
Here they are:

Nancy O. - Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate - a boy from Africa meets America (Don't judge this book by its cover!)
Janice - Rush Home Road by Lori Lansens - the story of an older woman who retreads the long and rocky pathway of her own life as she raises a young girl left at her door.
Sue - The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond - a young woman walking on the beach in San Francisco with her fiancee's daughter, turns around for a moment and the little girl disappears. In the blink of an eye her life as she knows it is gone. Great treatise on memory.
Misty - Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned by Cathy Scott - the poignant story of the animals that were rescued during Hurricane Katrina.
Karen - The Invisible Wall: A Love Story that Broke Barriers by Harry Bernstein - an invisible wall divides the families of a Christian/Jewish neighborhood in this wonderful memoir of childhood in Manchester England during World War I.
Marcia - Her Daughter's Eyes by Jessica Barksdale Inclan - two teenage sisters struggle to care for one's illegitimate baby while their father is too self-absorbed with his new life to notice their plight.
Janis - The Stars, the Snow, the Fire: Twenty-Five Years in the Northern Wilderness: a memoir - a lyrical description of the author's experiences in post World War II Alaska.
Nancy B. - The Shack by William P. Young - a spiritual journey from one man's loss to a place of renewed faith, hope and optimism.
Marie - The Black Jewel Trilogy by Anne Bishop and The Fever Series by Karen Marie Moning.
Matt - The Class by Erich Segal - the captivating story of the Harvard Class of 1958. You bear witness to the choices they make in their lives and the consequences that follow.
Brett - Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson - a thousand years ago a man rose to defeat the darkness and failed.

We all love to read here at the Cameron Park Branch and enjoy sharing the titles of our favorites with others. Of course we're all reading new ones now, so more later. Bye!

Friday, December 12, 2008

The Night Before Christmas

Please join Santa and the El Dorado County Library Storytellers for a reading of The Night Before Christmas... already in progress.


video

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Libraries in the News

"Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries."


Monday, November 17, 2008

"How I See It: My Place" Teen Photography Exhibit

You are cordially invited to the opening of the "How I See It: My Place" Teen Photography Exhibit at the South Lake Tahoe Branch Library.

Who: Local Teen Photographers

What: Photographs taken over the last ten weeks within a 1/4 mile radius of the library

When: Exhibit opens Tuesday, November 18th at 6 pm (with food!)

Where: South Lake Tahoe Branch Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd

Why: To show the community how teens see South Lake Tahoe!

We would love to see you and your friends at the opening night, but if you can't make it, the exhibit will be on display through December 2008. Thanks for supporting our teens, the future leaders of our community!

Katharine Miller
Librarian, South Lake Tahoe Branch Library