If you like to get together to craft, get inspired, and learn from others with a DIY aesthetic, then this group is for you.

All skill levels are most welcome and beginners will usually be able to get advice from members with more experience — the only requirement is your enthusiasm!

Bring a project you’re working on and get ready to share, learn, and have fun!

When?

Our next crafters convergence is Monday, May 21st at 5:30pm.

Where?

We cordially convene in the comfy cozy crafting corner, located on the second floor of the Curtis Memorial Library o’er looking the garden.

Who?

Contact: Sarah Brown – 725-5242 ext. 229 – sbrown@curtislibrary.com

“I love quilting and have plenty of material witnesses.”

According to the FTC, AnnualCreditReport.com is the ONLY authorized source for the free annual credit report that’s yours by law.

This can be done online, by phone, or by mail.

You can request (and print) your Credit Report online by going to www.AnnualCreditReport.com.

You can request your Annual Credit Report by phone by calling
1-877-322-8228 (toll free).

After you complete a simple verification process over the phone, your credit report will be mailed to you.

To request your Credit Report by mail:

1. Download the request form (You will need the free Adobe viewer for this.)
2. Print and complete the form
3. Mail the completed form to:

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NOTE:
Your credit score will not be included in your credit report.

Each Wednesday at noon we are gathering in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library to discuss current issues in the news; topics of local, national, and international interest and concern.

During the past month, moderators have brought thoughtful and challenging questions for the audience to consider, here are a few:

The US today reserves the right to target enemies world wide, how do you view the legitimacy of premature strikes?

Is unlimited medical care a right for all or is it a privilege available only to those who can afford it?

Should US policy aim to increase the gap between rich and poor, narrow the gap, keep it the same, or ignore the entire issue?

If the Syrian government backs down from its commitment to peace, what should be done next?

People of diverse opinions are welcome and all attendees are given an opportunity to express their view. The only rules are to share the floor and listen respectfully.

The program is free and runs from 12:00 – 1:00 PM.

This “Introduction to Facebook” program will start with an introduction and demonstration and will end with time for discussion and questions.

Please join us for a guided tour of the social networking phenomenon that is Facebook.

All skill levels are welcome and, depending on who is there, beginners may be able to get advice from attendees with more experience. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

WHAT: Introduction to Facebook

WHERE: Morrell Meeting Room

WHEN: Monday May 14th at Noon.

WHO: Sarah Brown – 725-5242 x229 – sbrown@curtislibrary.com

“I see myself as a crayon, I may not be your favorite color, but I know someday, you will need me to complete your picture.”
— a popular Facebook post

Embroidery on paper is the craft of sewing designs on to thin card. It is an excellent way of making greeting cards, bookmarks and table decorations.

This Monday (May 14th) at 5pm, not only will you learn about the fine art of Embroidery on Paper, you will create and take home a monogrammed bookmark.

When I’m not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I’m not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I’m reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.
― Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer, author and embroiderer

Aimee Bender is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her surreal plots and characters.

Everyone who has read this work which plumbs an emotionally crippled family with power and authenticity is invited to join us.

Moderator: Paula Tefft

Date: Monday, June 4th

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Location: 2nd Floor Seminar Room

“I didn’t mind the quiet stretches. It was like we were trying out the idea of being side by side.”
― Aimee Bender, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

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Trickle down tyranny crushing Obama’s dream of the socialist states of America · Michael Savage. Published by HarperLuxe, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The Gilly salt sisters · Tiffany Baker. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The innocent · David Baldacci. Published by Grand Central Publishing Large Print, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Phantom · Ted Bell. Published by Harperluxe, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The lost years · Mary Higgins Clark. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The replacement wife · Eileen Goudge. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Calico Joe · John Grisham. Published by Random House Large Print, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The good father · Noah Hawley. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The house of velvet and glass · Katherine Howe. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Victims an Alex Delaware novel · Jonathan Kellerman. Published by Random House Large Print, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Barefoot season · Susan Mallery. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Mudwoman · Joyce Carol Oates. Published by HarperLuxe, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The odds a love story · Stewart O’Nan. Published by Center Point Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Lone wolf · Jodi Picoult. Published by Center Point Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Come home · Lisa Scottoline. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Betrayal a novel · Danielle Steel. Published by Random House Large Print, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The beginner’s goodbye a novel · by Anne Tyler. Published by Random House Large Print, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The dog who danced · Susan Wilson. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The big cap nap the 20th anniversary Mrs. Murphy mystery · by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown illustrated by Michael Gellatly. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Dorchester terrace a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel · Anne Perry. Published by Thorndike Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Elegy for Eddie · Jacqueline Winspear. Published by HarperLuxe, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Restless souls the Sharon Tate family’s account of stardom, the Manson murders, and a crusade for justice · Alisa Statman with Brie Tate. Published by HarperLuxe, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 : maximum performance : unleash the hidden performance of Elements · Mark Galer, Abhijit Chattaraj. Published by Focal Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Hidden treasure : the National Library of Medicine · edited by Michael Sappol designed by Laura Lindgren photography by Arne Svenson National Library of Medicine. Published by Blast Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The defining decade : why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now · Meg Jay. Published by Twelve, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The power of habit : why we do what we do in life and in business · Charles Duhigg. Published by Random House, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Religion for atheists : a non-believer’s guide to the uses of religion · Alain de Botton. Published by Pantheon Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Harvest the wind : America’s journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability · Philip Warburg. Published by Beacon Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The global warming reader : a century of writing about climate change · edited with an introduction by Bill McKibben. Published by Penguin Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Food and the city : urban agriculture and the new food revolution · by Jennifer Cockrall-King. Published by Prometheus Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Creating innovators : the making of young people who will change the world · Tony Wagner with supplementary video material by Robert A. Compton. Published by Scribner, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The story of Earth : the first 4.5 billion years, from stardust to living planet · Robert M. Hazen. Published by Viking, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The forest unseen : a year’s watch in nature · David George Haskell. Published by Viking, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

American canopy : trees, forests, and the making of a nation · Eric Rutkow. Published by Scribner, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Horseshoe crabs and velvet worms : the story of the animals and plants that time has left behind · Richard Fortey. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

God’s hotel : a doctor, a hospital, and a pilgrimage to the heart of medicine · Victoria Sweet. Published by Riverhead Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Drop dead healthy : one man’s humble quest for bodily perfection · A.J. Jacobs. Published by Simon & Schuster, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The ultimate volumetrics diet : smart, simple, science-based strategies for losing weight and keeping it off · Barbara Rolls with Mindy Hermann photographs by Ben Fink. Published by William Morrow, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Tinderbox : how the West sparked the AIDS epidemic and how the world can finally overcome it · Craig Timberg and Daniel Halperin. Published by Penguin Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Prescription for herbal healing / · Phyllis A. Balch revised and updated by Stacey Bell. Published by Avery, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The acid reflux solution : a cookbook and lifestyle guide for healing heartburn naturally · Jorge E. Rodriguez, with Susan Wyler photography by Jennifer Martiné. Published by Ten Speed Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The woman’s fibromyalgia toolkit : manage your symptoms and take control of your life · Published by DiaMedica Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Coping with lupus : a practical guide to alleviating the challenges of systematic lupus erythematosus · Robert H. Phillips. Published by Avery, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The autism revolution : whole-body strategies for making life all it can be · Martha Herbert, with Karen Weintraub. Published by Ballantine Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The rules of inheritance : a memoir · Claire Bidwell Smith. Published by Hudson Street Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The golden hat : talking back to autism · Kate Winslet with Keli Thorsteinsson and Margret Ericsdottir. Published by Simon & Schuster, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The conundrum : how scientific innovation, increased efficiency, and good intentions can make our energy and climate problems worse · David Owen. Published by Riverhead Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Beautiful no-mow yards : 50 amazing lawn alternatives · Evelyn J. Hadden. Published by Timber Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Weeknights with Giada : quick and simple recipes to revamp dinner · Giada De Laurentiis. Published by Clarkson Potter, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Below stairs : the classic kitchen maid’s memoir that inspired Upstairs, downstairs and Downton Abbey · Margaret Powell. Published by St. Martin’s Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The Tuscan Sun cookbook : recipes from our Italian kitchen · Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes photographs by Steven Rothfeld. Published by Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

My pizza : the easy no-knead way to make spectacular pizza at home · Jim Lahey with Rick Flaste. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Home accessibility : 300 tips for making life easier · Shelley Peterman Schwarz. Published by Demos Health, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Guaranteed to last : L.L. Bean’s century of outfitting America · by Jim Gorman. Published by L.L. Bean ;Melcher Media 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Red brick, Black Mountain, white clay : reflections on art, family, and survival · Christopher Benfey. Published by Penguin Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Thomas Hart Benton : a life · Justin Wolff. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Aretha Franklin : the queen of soul · Mark Bego. Published by Skyhorse Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Full service : my adventures in Hollywood and the secret sex lives of the stars · Scotty Bowers with Lionel Friedberg. Published by Grove Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Kasher in the rye : the true tale of a white boy from Oakland who became a drug addict, criminal, mental patient, and then turned 16 · Moshe Kasher. Published by Grand Central Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

This love is not for cowards : salvation and soccer in Ciudad Juárez · Robert Andrew Powell. Published by Bloomsbury, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Damn Yankees : twenty-four major league writers on the world’s most loved (and hated) team · edited by Rob Fleder. Published by Ecco, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The enlightened cyclist : commuter angst, dangerous drivers, and other obstacles on the path to two-wheeled transcendence · BikeSnobNYC. Published by Chronicle Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

A difficult woman : the challenging life and times of Lillian Hellman · Alice Kessler-Harris. Published by Bloomsbury Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Some assembly required : a journal of my son’s first son · Anne Lamott with Sam Lamott. Published by Riverhead Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Wild : from lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail · Cheryl Strayed. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Reading for my life : writings, 1958-2008 · John Leonard edited by Sue Leonard [with an introduction by E.L. Doctorow] Published by Viking, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Crusoe : Daniel Defoe, Robert Knox, and the Creation of a Myth · Katherine Frank. Published by Pegasus Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

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That woman : the life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor · Anne Sebba. Published by St. Martin’s Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The man without a face : the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin · Masha Gessen. Published by Riverhead Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom : China, the West, and the epic story of the Taiping Civil War · Stephen R. Platt. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

We heard the heavens then : a memoir of Iran · Aria Minu-Sepehr. Published by Free Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Revolution 2.0 : the power of the people is greater than the people in power : a memoir · Wael Ghonim. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Liberty’s exiles : American loyalists in the revolutionary world · Maya Jasanoff. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

James Madison : a son of Virginia & a founder of the nation · Jeff Broadwater. Published by University of North Carolina Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The real Romney · by Michael Kranish and Scott Helman. Published by Harper, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Lost kingdom : Hawaii’s last queen, the sugar kings and America’s first imperial adventure · Julia Flynn Siler. Published by Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

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Cat’s claw · Susan Wittig Albert. Published by Berkley Prime Crime, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Blotto, Twinks and the dead dowager duchess · Simon Brett. Published by Felony & Mayhem Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The big cat nap : the 20th anniversary Mrs. Murphy mystery · Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown illustrated by Michael Gellatly. Published by Bantam Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Agony of the leaves · Laura Childs. Published by Berkley Prime Crime, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Gypped : A Regan Reilly mystery · Carol Higgins Clark. Published by Scribner, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Husband and wives · Susan Rogers Cooper. Published by Severn House, 2011 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Midnight alley : an Ash Levine novel · Miles Corwin. Published by Oceanview Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

A woman of consequence : the investigations of Miss Dido Kent · Anna Dean. Published by Minotaur Books/A Thomas Dunne Book, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Sail of Stone · Ake Edwardson translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles. Published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Sailor · Tom Epperson. Published by Forge, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Cinnamon roll murder · Joanne Fluke. Published by Kensington Pub., 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Sherlock Holmes and the Swedish enigma · Barry Grant. Published by Severn House, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Blood in the water : a Gregor Demarkian novel · Jane Haddam. Published by Minotaur Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

When maidens mourn : a Sebastian St. Cyr mystery · C.S. Harris. Published by Obsidian, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Death comes silently · Carolyn Hart. Published by Berkley Prime Crime, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Dutch me deadly : A passport to Peril Mystery · Maddy Hunter. Published by Midnight Ink, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Paradise Falls · Jonnie Jacobs. Published by Five Star, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Gem of a ghost · Sue Ann Jaffarian. Published by Midnight Ink, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

What doesn’t kill you · Iris Johansen. Published by St. Martin’s Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The secret crown · Chris Kuzneski. Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Beastly things · Donna Leon. Published by Atlantic Monthly Press ;Distributed by Publishers Group West, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Afterwards : a novel · Rosamund Lupton. Published by Crown, 2011 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Rizzo’s daughter · Lou Manfredo. Published by Minotaur Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Capitol murder : a novel of suspense · Phillip Margolin. Published by Harper, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The hope vendetta · Scott Mariani. Published by Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection · Alexander McCall Smith. Published by Pantheon, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Under oath · Margaret McLean. Published by Forge, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Skeleton picnic · Michael Norman. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Dublin dead : a novel · Gerard O’Donovan. Published by Scribner, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Unwanted : a novel · Kristina Ohlsson [translated by Sarah Death] Published by Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Sacrilege : a thriller · S.J. Parris. Published by Doubleday, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Dorchester Terrace : a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel · Anne Perry. Published by Ballantine Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The eighth veil : a Jerusalem mystery · Frederick Ramsay. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Nine for the devil : a John the Lord Chamberlain mystery · Mary Reed and Eric Mayer. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Bleed for me · Michael Robotham. Published by Mulholland Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The darkening field · William Ryan. Published by Minotaur Books, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Ashes to dust · Yrsa Sigurdardottir translated from the Icelandic by Philip Roughton. Published by St. Martin’s Griffin, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Cats can’t shoot · Clea Simon. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

The last plea bargain · Randy Singer. Published by Tyndale House, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

No holds barred : a Daniel Whelan mystery · Lyndon Stacey. Published by Severn House, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

So pretty it hurts : a Bailey Weggins mystery · Kate White. Published by Harper, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Darker than any shadow : a Tai Randolph mystery · Tina Whittle. Published by Poisoned Pen Press, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Elegy for Eddie : a Maisie Dobbs novel · Jacqueline Winspear. Published by Harper, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com

Death by killer mop doll : an Anastasia Pollack crafting mystery · Lois Winston. Published by Midnight Ink, 2012 Check availability in MINERVA or Read about this title at Amazon.com