As a kid we went weekly and carried home as many books as we could carry.
Our library had guest speakers on various topics every month/maybe an author of Cowboy Humorist book speaks, maybe a person on gardening, all sorts of topics ... I haven't gone to any, mainly because my city Newspaper is one which always announces what happened last week instead of what is going to happen next week (I hate that) but some sound interesting... honestly I go in mostly to use the copy machine as it is cheaper and easier than H.E.B or the office store or to use the WiFi.
When I do go, mostly I enjoy looking at titles of books and noticing "Oh, there's a new FoxFire book out, I read like 7 or 8 of them in the 1960s, I should check that out sometime) but I read real printed books less because ... my 42" TV (as my computer monitor with HDMI cable) and CTRL + making the screen fonts bigger is easier on my eyes and less trifocal/eye strain. I do always enjoy the trip though, as my disabled buddy pointed out once, a couple of the librarians are easy on the eyes, but he went often enough to know their schedule.
If there's a 5th Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy, I only read/ own 4 in that "Trilogy" and FoxFire books (I read 7 or 8, apparently --- there are 12 books in the original series. )... and ,,,, I'd like to find books on edible wild native plants with GOOD photos so I can tell my niece there actually is plenty to eat at my house, just graze outside like Indians did for hundreds of years and they were healthier than she is.
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Reason I seldom went for so many years, I didn't know they had kept up with the times and had VHS and DVDs etc you could just check out for a few days or week or so, while my friend went there instead of throwing away money paying to rent videos or buying them like my brother's family does.
While the guest speaker/ Tea/Coffee at the Library is nice...I like when they have exhibits (I'll go see dinosaur bones found around here a lot quicker than I'll go listen to someone talk at/to me)
Which reminds me, I need to clear out some closets, I have a "How to write for Dennis the Menace" exhibit that was on display at the Houston Library I need to donate to Burnet or Marble Falls library and get it out of my closet, it's about things I said mom wrote down and sold to Hank Ketchum that you may have read in the paper or books if you ever read Dennis the Menace comics like "Mom says Ruff has ticks, but I don't hear 'em"
