Last week we said goodbye to one of the greatest singers of all time, Aretha Franklin. Remember her by listening to her amazing voice on an album from Hoopla and celebrate her life by learning more about her history with some of our eMedia and eResources.Read more...

One of our greatest fairytale writers of all time, Hans Christian Anderson, once said: "To travel is to live." Not all of us are fortunate to have the opportunity to experience a glamorous, postcard vacation this summer abroad whether it’s enjoying an adventurous Indiana Jones style jeep ride on an African safari, experiencing a breathtaking aerial view on the London Eye Ferris Wheel or taking as many pictures as our smartphones will allow with the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the art of authentic gelato. We can still dream about it, can’t we? By swinging by one of your local...Read more...

We are a couple of librarians who take television as seriously as books. If there is a good show out there that can be watched for free, trust us to tell you ALL about it. Because readers advisory is our profession, but viewers advisory is our calling. We love good TV and we simply must share. In real life you might call us Appleberry and Lowell, but together, in the vast blogosphere we are called Viewers Advisory.Read more...

When There's More To The Story If there's one constant in researching one's family genealogy it is to expect the unexpected. This is especially true when it comes to connections with distant relatives. In my case this peripheral connection to history and a subsequent mystery was a second cousin three times removed named Annette Arends. Her 1st husband was a highly decorated 9th Army Air Corps P-47 pilot from World War 2 nicknamed the "Kentucky Colonel" and his name was Wilfred Crutchfield. Colonel Crutchfield and his co-pilot Major Ivan O'dell were on a training mission on April 15, 1968 when...Read more...