The Outreach

Upcoming Events

Make your List, and check it twice!

November 16th…Westerville Historical Society Presentation: Civil War

Re-enactor Mark Holbrook, “Mr. Lincoln’s Camera Man: An Evening with

Matthew Brady.” 6:30pm at the American Legion Hall 393 E. College

Ave. Call 614-891-0821 for details.

November 30th…Westerville Tree Lighting Ceremony at 7pm at the

Westerville Municipal Building Courtyard 21 S. State Street.

December 1st…15th Annual Gingerbread Cottage Craft Show, 10am-3pm

at Westerville South High School. For more information visit

www.gingerbreadcottage.com

December 1st…Home for the Holidays in Historic Uptown Westerville.

This annual winter sale showcases the

unique gifts that the area has to offer.

Enjoy holiday music and more.

December 3-8...Snowflake Castle at The

Everal Barn. $5 per child. Kids can

craft and meet their favorite holiday

characters. Fun for all ages. Call the

Westerville Senior Center for more

information 614-901-6560.

November/December 2012

P a g e 2 On My Way To Find A Book by Katheryn Finnegan

It started out like this:

I received a letter from the head of the Outreach Department of the Westerville

Public Library stating that although they appreciated my participating in their program, I

did owe either a fine of $13.00 or $18.99 to replace a book I had received on December

28, 2004, and had not yet returned. If I could not locate the book, I would have to pay

the replacement and handling fee.

After the shock and embarrassment of keeping one of their books out of circulation

so long wore off, I started my search. I decided to write them an apologetic letter and

enclose a check for the fine , since I appreciate so much the wonderful service they pro-

vide in obtaining books from libraries all over the county to fill an order.

I started in the most logical place—my book shelves in the living room. No Sa-

rah’s Song there, but I did pick up a comprehensive edition of The Poetry of Robert

Frost, and sat down for a minute to see if I could find one of my favorites. I wasn’t sure

of the title, but I remembered it had the line, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and

I—I took the one less traveled by.” It was difficult to locate in all his hundreds of poems

without the title, but I finally found it, and, of course, read some others, wondering why

I never sat down anymore to read poetry, which I love, and at one time taught.

Then, on my way to the den, where I also had books on shelves and in a closet, I

passed by my pink blossomed Peace plant, whose leaves were drooping from lack of wa-

ter. As I looked around, my fern and shamrock needed watering, too, so I went to the lit-

tle shelved closet where I kept the sprinkling can. There I noticed among the Big Bog-

gle, Dominoes, and other games, the book on bridge, which had the list of good first

leads that I had promised a friend. That closet was in such disarray I just had to organize

it a little better; something I had been planning to do for a long time.

P a g e 3

After watering the plants in the living room, I knew the violet and Lucky

Bamboo in my bedroom also had been neglected. Then I passed my walk-in clos-

et, and thought—“Oh, the book could possibly be where it should be—in one of

the large white bags the library uses for books.” It was not, so after straightening

them and other bags with handles—(I am a “keeper”)—I decided to save some

steps and carry several woolen

winter clothes to the closet back in the den, where, of course, they had to be moth-

proofed and hung in a zippered bag.

On my way to the shelved closet where I keep photograph albums, old calen-

dar-diaries, and some extra books, I saw on the big old desk my list I keep of

books read, now given ratings and short plot reviews, since my memory is slipping

drastically. I found that I had not even read Sarah’s Song. But where was it?

By this time I was so tired and frustrated that I put up a white flag, sat down,

wrote the check for $18.99 and the apologetic letter, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Now I could cross that off my “To Do” list. No book—but just think what I

had accomplished “on my way”!

ADDENDUM TO ON MY WAY TO FIND A BOOK

8-20-05 Still have not found the book in my apartment! Unsolved mystery.

5-27-06 Found the book in my living room on a shelf among a group of

small gift, inspiration type editions. Surprised at the small size-

was looking for a regular sized volume—9 months too late.

P a g e 4 STAFF PICKS!

Julie Bless the Bride by Rhys Bowen

(book 10 of series)

Before P.I. Molly Murphy can get married, she must

first track down the wife of a new client. However,

she feels like she might not be getting the whole

story…

Shadow of a Doubt 1942, PG Heather Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman

Richard, son of Henry Plantagenet and

Eleanor of Aquitaine inherits the

throne from his brother before

embarking on the Third Crusade.

Get Low 2011, PG-13

Ellyn The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty

A novel about the friendship between an

adolescent Louise Brooks

(pre movie star) and a 36

year old woman who

accompanies her to new

York for the summer of

1922.

Once 2007, R Marie The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

In this nursery rhyme adaptation,

Detective Jack Spratt meets the

challenge of a new case when

Humpty Dumpty is found shattered

behind a wall in a shady part of

town.

The Cutting Edge 1992, PG-13

Thomas

Planet of the Blind: A Memoir

By Stephen Kuusisto

A memoir chronicling the life of a poet who

was born with severe visual impairment

who refused to acknowledge this and man-

aged to pass for seeing for most of his life.

Snow White & the Huntsman

2012 ,PG-13