Meet the Staff - Library Director Cory

 

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆?

Cory

𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚?

Almost 11 ½ years!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍?

Being able to wear all my sweaters again. Or maybe it’s apple cider. Or leaves! 

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔?

I’ve lived in a number of different cities, and haven’t always been able to get home for Thanksgiving. Since my parents didn’t always have a big celebration anyway, I got in the habit of sharing Thanksgiving dinner with various friends and their families.  I’ve had a Staten Island Thanksgiving, and one year I celebrated with a group of transplants from all over the country. I’ve had intimate dinners with just a few people, and dinners with huge groups that spilled over into multiple rooms. I crashed one friend’s Thanksgiving dinner for so many years that I’m pretty sure his family thought we were going to get married!

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓?

My mom’s famous stuffing! It’s got sausage in it, and we NEVER mess with the recipe.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓?

The weather this time of year makes me want to hunker down with a giant brick of a book, so I’m going to (nerdily) say anything by Charles Dickens.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓?

It’s been a rough year for me on a personal level, so I’m so very, very thankful for the people who stood by me and supported me and did small, kind things for me. When you lose things, it makes you extra-thankful for the people who show up.