Did you know that until 1968, racial restrictive covenants prevented certain racial minorities from purchasing homes in specific King County neighborhoods? These policies segregated communities and shaped our racial demography.
For many of us, holidays look better when they’re ahead of us, and not quite as appealing in retrospect. If you’ve managed to get through December with your budget intact and your children, spouses, significant others, relatives and other associates happy and feeling duly acknowledged, kudos and felicitations! You are an exemplary role model, and we will listen in rapt attention as you tell us how you managed to enjoy and celebrate the season meaningfully with family and friends in festive-yet-frugal fashion.
For many of us, holidays look better when they’re ahead of us, and not quite as appealing in retrospect. If you’ve managed to get through December with your budget intact and your children, spouses, significant others, relatives and other associates happy and feeling duly acknowledged, kudos and felicitations!
I’ve always considered the library the fantastic place to “shop” on a shoestring. At the library, you can cart home bags of items to try, read/watch/listen to them—or not—and take ‘em back without guilt.
If you’re like most of us, back-to-school time is a mix of excitement, stress, questions and a wee shadow of…
The newness of summer is over by now, and school’s still a few weeks away. If you’re running out of ideas for affordable activities, why not head for the library? Here are 10 reasons we could think of to take the family to the library.
Summer dreaming meets today’s challenges for parents…at the library
Remember those carefree days of summer, when you were a kid, and had nothing better to do than count clouds, go fishin’ in the creek, or pluck dandelions? Neither do I. But somehow that’s the sort of summer many of us imagine for our kids. Then we wake up and realize that we’ll need to find something for them to do all summer, in addition to all our regular to-do list items.
Whatever Valentine’s Day means to you, visit the library for great new ideas, good role models, bad role models (think “Wuthering Heights” or “Fatal Attraction”), or additional perspectives on the idea of love. No matter how happy, or cynical, you are, the library is filled with resources to inspire you to new heights of creativity.
What’s your biggest challenge for the New Year? Cutting costs? Writing that report? Updating your resume? The information you need is available at your library.
