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Living Room to Library; the Final Phase

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Marion

Please notice that I did not title this “Project Complete.” Scandinavian Designs delivered a chair in the correct color and a functioning lamp this morning. The chair is very comfortable for me. Spouse tried it and thought it was good, … Continue reading →

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Almost Nearly Pretty Close to Done

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Marion

Nope, not a work of fiction: the living-room-to-library process. Today I sat in the converted room with my baby laptop, writing, pausing now and then to glance up at the bookshelves, listening to KDFC on an old-fashioned boombox. I could … Continue reading →

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Living Room to Library; Phase Three

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Marion

An update to the leisurely upgrade of our step-down living room into a library space. Phase Three has begun. The bookcases have arrived! The four cases arrived on Saturday, May 25. The cabinet maker who made them said he was … Continue reading →

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Living Room to Library

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Marion

We started a process to change our outdated living room into a library. It was never a living room. We live, to all intents and purposes in the space called the family room. The step-down room right off the front … Continue reading →

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Tony Hillerman’s Landscape

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Marion

Anne Hillerman, Tony Hillerman’s daughter, and her husband, photographer Don Strel, came to the Santa Rosa library today as a fund-raiser for the Library Foundation.  In addition to a slide show and a talk about her father, his history and … Continue reading →

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The Last Write-in Wednesday

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Marion

We went to the last March Write In Wednesday and heard a presentation from Vicki Delaney, who publishes a series of murder mysteries through Poisoned Pen Press. Her stories are set in a small Canadian town in British Columbia. As … Continue reading →

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