Wasn't it just March? My calendar says June 3rd, but I swear it was just snowing and they were still selling leftover Valentine's Day candy at Rite Aid. Now all the trees are green, the weather is sunny and warm (or rainy and warm), and stores are putting out rainbow flag merchandise for Pride Month. Just where does the time go?
Maybe it's flown by so fast because we've been so busy. Portland Creates has just finished up its voting period (results still pending) and we've been zipping around getting ready for our annual Summer Reading Program. I can't tell you how many prizes we've stamped or bagged up or otherwise arranged just for our kickoff event, not to mention all the decorating that's been done in the youth department downstairs.
Once we've kicked off Summer Reading, it'll be business as usual for a while, but something about rewarding folks for spending more time reading has a way of making people, well, spend more time reading. More time reading equals more books read; more books read equals more books borrowed; more books borrowed equals a busier library. It's definitely not a boring time of year, and it's a great chance to see some of our patrons who don't visit as frequently during the rest of the year.
It's a lot of fun! But fun makes the time fly by, and it'll be fall before we know it. I'm not ready for cool winds and orange leaves! I haven't even gone swimming yet!
My top summer tip: get a pair of sunglasses, lounge in your favorite lawn chair or hammock, and read outside! If you wear regular glasses like I do, you can get prescription sunglasses, or a pair of sunglasses that fits over your normal frames. I dunno if the chunky over-the-glasses look is in right now, but who cares about fashion when you have a stack of library books to get through?
What are you looking forward to this summer? Any great reads I should take out on the lawn? Let me know in the comments!
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