Want to cook with wild plants? Learn to identify and use wild foods Thursday, May 24th at 7:00 p.m. Dr. John Kallas will be here in the Main Meeting Room of the library for a presentation and book signing of his recent book, Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate. Dr. Kallas is [...]
I recently went through the stressful, challenging, and at times overwhelming task of moving to a new home. We are starting to feel settled and even tilled the garden spot last weekend for the vegetable garden. But the process of moving, and handling all of our “stuff”, was exhausting, both physically and mentally.
In an age where examples of scandal and ludicrously bad behavior hit the mainstream through the delivery of a poorly planned tweet, it seems easy to concede that etiquette has gone the way of the typewriter. Headed into the annual minefield that my partner and I refer to as wedding season, I picked up the [...]
Here at the library we are absolutely thrilled that Joyce Carol Oates is coming to Corvallis! If you haven’t heard yet, Oregon State University is awarding Oates the first ever Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement; a prize that comes with prestige, sure, but also a whopping $20,000. OSU is hosting a public discussion and [...]
Embroidery looks like fun, and I’ve always thought that one day I’d find the time and learn to make the glittering beetles and dragonflies in Jane Nicholas’s books on stumpwork, or try my hand at bead embroidery with books like Dimensional bead embroidery : a reference guide to techniques. I select the craft books for [...]
Understandably, it’s a bit late to be doing a reflective post about 2011, but better late than never, I say! What was popular at the CBCPL in 2011? Amongst the favorites: Stieg Larsson’s posthumously published trilogy of gritty crime novels; books related to food, be it a manual or a memoir; historical fiction set in [...]
In 2005, Karly Sheehan died in Corvallis as the result of abuse at the hands of her mother’s boyfriend. Writer Karen Spears Zacharias knew Karly and her family, and with growing horror she began to investigate the details behind Karly’s death.
Tomorrow, March 23rd, is the 1 year anniversary of Elizabeth Taylor’s death. From a mutation giving her exceptional eyelashes to her tumultuous and numbered marriages to her addictions and poor health, many of us may know more about this icon’s personal life than her actual work. She contributed much to AIDS research and at a [...]
Stan Sterns, the photographer that captured the image of JFK Jr. saluting his father’s casket on November 25, 1963, died last week. In an article about Sterns’ passing, the New York Times provided a short account behind the photograph. There are many memorable photographs from the past. Can you think of some that stick in [...]
All this crazy, cold weather has me confused. Is it March or is it mid-winter? In any event, I’m ready for a little springtime. Although we usually think of light reads as great for the beach, what I’m thinking about right now are some books that that put me in a sunnier state of mind [...]
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