Match+Book S4Ep5: Books with a Backstory
On this episode of Match+Book, librarian Paul Kibala shares some books that have interesting backstories about how they came to be written and published.
Curtain by Agatha Christie
Adults
Cancelled: Municipal Alliance meeting
This bi-monthly meeting of the Municipal Alliance for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse has been cancelled.
Get Up
I was sleeping. It was my first day of summer vacation. I had just completed my junior year of high school. My summer plan was to get a job and save for a car. At 7:30, I suddenly woke to the noise of a vacuum cleaner in my bedroom. It was my mother who announced if you want a job start looking early in the morning. Guess what! I got up.
Gravel
"Mary kicked the gravel as she walked, forming clouds of dust up to her knees. She imagined her feet were on fire and each step was only a few seconds away from setting the ground ablaze.
She didn’t hear the sirens screaming behind her. The cop cars whizzed by in a panic, swirling up the dirt around her like a dust devil. They squealed as they turned at the next street. Her street."
The Moth
The Moth by Phyllis Francese (a Short Story Contest entry)
A moth is trapped between the screen and glass of my patio door. It crawled in through some small hole. It flits about, landing on the glass and then the screen, not remembering how it got in. It flies from screen to glass, glass to screen casting its shadow on the drapes. Perhaps it will find its way out. Perhaps not.
Distracted, I find the moth is gone.
Hearing Screening Day
Please stop by for the following complimentary services:
- Hearing screening
- Cleaning of your hearing device(s)
- Hearing aid performance checks
HearingLife is a national hearing care company that operates nearly 700 hearing care centers across the United States. Our caring and professional licensed hearing care experts provide personalized care and custom solutions to meet your individual needs.
Memory Screening
Provided by Penn Medicine Princeton Health
Registration required
Call Information Services 732-390-6767 to register
Take this opportunity to get a memory screening, consisting of a series of questions and/or tasks designed to test memory, language skills, thinking ability, and other intellectual functions.
The 15-minute screenings and review of the results are both confidential.
Note: A memory screening is not used to diagnose any particular illness and
Eyes of a Child
He gathered them all around to show his new sculptures he just finished. After looking for sometime one said “How come you never put faces on your work?”
You can add how you feel and what each of you see in the statue, he replied. After a short time, the little one said” I see a fun and loving face.
Just like you, Grandpa.
The Moth
A moth is trapped between the screen and glass of my patio door. It crawled in through some small hole. It flits about, landing on the glass and then the screen, not remembering how it got in. It flies from screen to glass, glass to screen casting its shadow on the drapes. Perhaps it will find its way out. Perhaps not.
Take a Business Break: Ben Franklin's Way to Wealth (ZOOM)
Please register in advance for this program. Click on Join Event to register.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. If you do not see it in your inbox, please check your spam/junk email folder. A reminder will be sent prior to the program.