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Travel through Words – Vikki Brown
Has a book ever transported you to another location? I can without a doubt say that I have traveled many places without ever leaving home. Books have also given me the desire to visit places I may have never known existed without reading about them. The first place I was ever inspired to research visiting […]
Who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? by Krystyl Farmer
Whoever made the statement, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” obviously didn’t have access to a free library with infinite resources! (That was hyperbole, our resources actually are limited.) But thankfully, Heartland Library Cooperative (HLC) libraries have the ability to request books from 200+ libraries in the state of Florida. If you and […]
When the Sky Goes Dark: The 2017 Eclipse By Mary Beth Isaacson
Why is the August 21, 2017 eclipse so special? For one thing, it’s a total eclipse, meaning that the sun will be completely obscured by the moon. This is the rarest type of solar eclipse, occurring once every 18 months. There are several eclipses every year, but most of the time the sun is only […]
So You Want to be A Writer – Olivia Tooker
You’re staring at a blank sheet of paper: it stares back. It might be a leaf of notebook paper, the first page of a journal, or the digital blank sheet on a computer screen. You’re either taping your writing utensil, or watching that slim black line blink and blink and blink, waiting for you to […]
Mural at the Hardee County Public Library
Progress on the Mural @ the Hardee County Public Library. Working into the night is our Artist Meagan Albritton.