At the Library http://www.salidaarchive.org/atl/ A collection of weekly musings from Salida Regional Library's director, Jeff Donlan 07/19/10 - A Time of Ebbing Civility A few nights ago, cars and pickup trucks full of kids roared up and down my street and around Alpine Park for hours honking horns and blaring hip-hop, Banda, and country music— http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/480.html 07/12/10 - Use of Space What’s different at the library, you wonder, other than the new bicycle parking? Other than the marvelous garden redesigned last year by a few of our local Master Gardeners? http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/479.html 07/05/10 - Shame My sister-in-law scolds her Springer spaniels with the word “Shame!” The dogs recognize the word, but it doesn’t seem to instill in them anything like painful regret inherent in the idea of “shame.” http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/478.html 06/21/10 - Proposition 101 We’ve discussed two questions that will appear on your ballot in November, Amendments 60 and 61, and now we’ll look at a third, Proposition 101. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/477.html 06/07/10 - Amendment 61 Amendment 61 will be on the ballot in November, and the “pro” message about it seems to be “reduce government debt.” However, always look a gift horse in the mouth—advice that would have helped the Trojans. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/476.html 05/24/10 - Anti-tax Questions Voters will face three anti-tax questions on the ballot this November—questions complicated enough to make one wonder what happened to the single-subject rule for ballot questions. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/475.html 05/17/10 - Beyond Words: Art of the Poem Ah, this is the kind of place I want to live in. This is a place in which I want to live. Over fifty people conspired to create over thirty entries to “Beyond Words: Art of the Poem,” the library’s current art show. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/474.html 05/10/10 - Art Ranch Colorado Art Ranch is back in Salida. The resident writers and artists are here now, and the Artposium, “Wade in the Water,” will happen May 21-23. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/473.html 05/03/10 - What is Important? I wasn’t going to read it, but friends and colleagues said it’s good, so I’m reading “ This book is overdue: How librarians and cybrarians can save us all.” http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/472.html 04/19/10 - Incomplete Knowledge Last Monday, after this column appeared, and after several calls to and fro, the iguana we had found outside our back door made it home. http://salidaarchive.org/atl/pages/471.html