Blogs

Several Tulsa County communities have issued voluntary water rationing...

Today, July 31, Mayor Bartlett signed a resolution asking City of Tulsa residents to participate in voluntary water rationing.

As part of the voluntary rationing, the City asks households on even-numbered streets to water on even-numbered calendar days. Households on odd-numbered streets are asked to water on odd-numbered calendar days.

Here are some of the Jim Thorpe quotes found in Kate Buford's Native American Son: The Life and Sporting Legend of Jim Thorpe.

1. "I went to play baseball in North Carolina for a couple of summers and paid for it the rest of my life."

2. "How could anyone get hurt playing football?" 

3. "Thrills were mostly hard work for me." 

I always find it interesting to know why a person reads.  Is she reading for information, enlightenment or escape?  Generally speaking, I read in order to make sense or to make meaning.  While I am often nothing like the characters about which I read, they teach me or help me understand something in a new way.  Walking around in another character’s head for a while helps me develop greater empathy for my fellow humans.  It may even help me be kinder to myself.  I think this why I so frequently read b

http://books.usatoday.com/happyeverafter/post/2011-10-21/interview-nora-roberts-talks-about-her-passions/556514/1

I hope everyone enjoyed reading The Next Always by Nora Roberts! Next week, I will announce what we will be reading and dicussing for the month of August. Here are a few wrap up questions that I would love to hear what you have to say.

1. Did you like this book better or worse than other books that Nora Roberts has written? Why?
2. There was a lot of detail in this book about the renovation of the inn. Did this distract from the storyline?
3. How did you react to the fact that Clare's military husband was killed in combat?