If you are reading this, thank you. If you are reading this, you must really love to read. Historically, this is a tiny little article tucked half-way through the newspaper that probably really only ever has Russell and District Regional Library news, not Russell community news at all. I cannot guarantee this will change as the powers that be, that are beyond my control, have their reasons for laying the paper out as they do. As you read, paper in hand, perhaps you can smell the paper-and-ink smell unique to newspapers, perhaps you can feel the paper between your fingers. For your sake, I hope you can. The tactile experience of holding a book or a newspaper in one’s hands has yet to be duplicated through the swiping of a screen. But, I have a hunch, you don’t need me to tell you this. You lovely newspaper reading person.
New at the Russell & District Regional Library this week: An Amish Christmas Star by C. Hubbard, Rosalind Lauer, and Shelley Shepard Gray (novel); Code Name Sapphire by Pan Jenoff (a WWII novel); Harvest Moon by Denise Hunter (a Riverbend Romance); Long Way Home by Lynn Austin (hard cover, large print).
“The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.”
— Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the aboliotion of slavery, his emphasis on God’s love and his 1875 adultery trial.