Janet Fabio and Renee Mazin In SaddleBrooke we are all desert dwellers, but some critters have been in our community much longer than us. Learn more about our desert neighbors in the Southwest Collection at the DesertView Library! Pick up books such as Desert Life, Wildlife of the Southwest Deserts, Desert Holes, and Tread Lightly.…
As our lives become increasingly busy and technology-driven, our reading habits are changing in ways that significantly impact our cognitive development and cultural engagement. A recent article on Abtaba.com provides a look at current reading statistics, revealing trends especially relevant to those who have grown up with a love of books and the written word.…
Renee Mazin History has not celebrated the contributions and achievements of women as much as men. This month, Book Nook wants to set the record straight by highlighting some of these women who deserve more recognition. Instead of examining the exact historical record, many authors represented in the SaddleBrooke Libraries collection tell the stories of…
Jodi Delahunt Hubbell As temperatures climb and daylight stretches into the evening, a beloved tradition emerges with the arrival of summer: summer reading. While the notion of assigned reading may conjure memories of school days, the allure of a captivating book transcends age and educational obligations, making it a cherished pastime for people from all…
The Life of a Donated Book Bernice Christian You may be thinking to yourself, I know exactly where my donated book will end up—on the shelf of one of our three SaddleBrooke Libraries. Well, that may be the case, or it may not. If you have been to any of our libraries, you will notice…
Stuart Watkins When I’m not writing, I’m lonely. When I’m writing, I feel I am among friends, or soon will be. Poets, authors, play writers, song writers; they are all there waiting to share my words, my thoughts, my ideas. And, sometimes they write back with their views and comments. Sometimes they don’t. And I…
Sidonia St.Germaine Did it really happen or was it all a dream? The answer comes at the end of this delightful story written by four students from Mammoth Elementary STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) School and their science tutor, Steve Rumsey from SaddleBrooke’s Unit 43. The story tells of grade school kids’ adventures in…
Steve Shear A love affair, a teenager in deadly trouble, a possible Nazi in hiding, and a battle to escape dementia—high drama at the Fountain! Hello to SaddleBrooke from northern California. We miss all of our friends, especially those of you involved in The PrimeTime Players and The Senior Village. This is to let you…
Stuart Watkins published an information chapbook on buying citizenship by investing in various nations, including the United States. Many nations offer dual citizenship programs that require investment in the nation, or depositing a certain amount of money in their bank. These amounts range from $125,000 to $500,000 to $1,000,000. In the United States there is…
Michele Gildner Author Gary Gildner, a new SaddleBrooke resident, has published his twenty-second book, The Capital of Kansas City (BkMk Press), a collection of stories nominated for the 2017 Story Prize. Nobel Laureate Alice Munro has said of Gildner’s art, “There is such a good feeling about his stories-—that the writer knows his people, the whole…