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The last several days of wintery white-out are testament to the old adage that there can be too much of a good thing. So when I wasn?t on County snow status conference calls, or checking on Library facilities in my all-wheel drive or concocting strange meals out of refrigerator odds and ends, how did I keep the stir crazies away? By loading up on free books and DVDs from my favorite local source, Arlington Public Library.
For books, I dug into (and finished) Jayber Crow, penned by Wendell Berry (this year?s Arlington READS author and an early booster of the environment and proponent of sustainability: ?waste not want not?) and 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, Mark Kurlanksy?s riveting account of the year that woke me up to the world (Kurlansky is also author of several great social histories including Salt and Cod).
By contrast, my DVD viewing drifted toward the more eclectic with A Fish Called Wanda (insane fun), The Station Agent (everyone needs a friend), Short Cuts (the lives of 22 Raymond Carver short story characters woven together by the masterful Robert Altman), The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (not the Travolta travesty; but the gritty-city original from 1974 with Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau) and Lawrence of Arabia, which I needed two full snow days to finish. Whew!!! All of these . . . and more . . . waiting for you at the Library.
So that?s what I did on my winter vacation. What did you do? Please share in the comments section below. And if you were out there taking some pics of plows, puppies in the snow, spinning tires, or just the plain old white stuff itself, please consider sharing your photos with us by sending them to [email protected].
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The Arlington Years: Snowver It
The Arlington Years
Thoughts From County Native and Arlington Public Library Director, Diane KreshThe last several days of wintery white-out are testament to the old adage that there can be too much of a good thing. So when I wasn?t on County snow status conference calls, or checking on Library facilities in my all-wheel drive or concocting strange meals out of refrigerator odds and ends, how did I keep the stir crazies away? By loading up on free books and DVDs from my favorite local source, Arlington Public Library.For books, I dug into (and finished) Jayber Crow, penned by Wendell Berry (this year?s Arlington READS author and an early booster of the environment and proponent of sustainability: ?waste not want not?) and 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, Mark Kurlanksy?s riveting account of the year that woke me up to the world (Kurlansky is also author of several great social histories including Salt and Cod).By contrast, my DVD viewing drifted toward the more eclectic with A Fish Called Wanda (insane fun), The Station Agent (everyone needs a friend), Short Cuts (the lives of 22 Raymond Carver short story characters woven together by the masterful Robert Altman), The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 (not the Travolta travesty; but the gritty-city original from 1974 with Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau) and Lawrence of Arabia, which I needed two full snow days to finish. Whew!!! All of these . . . and more . . . waiting for you at the Library.
So that?s what I did on my winter vacation. What did you do? Please share in the comments section below. And if you were out there taking some pics of plows, puppies in the snow, spinning tires, or just the plain old white stuff itself, please consider sharing your photos with us by sending them to [email protected].
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