[External Email]
Dear Friends and Good People -
As you may have read, Monday’s national newsfeeds reported that: Tennessee now leads the United States in new coronavirus cases per capita, If covid cases spike further in Tennessee health department warns Christmas surge ‘will break our hospitals’ and Tennessee’s first lady Maria Lee has tested positive for the coronavirus after exhibiting mild symptoms.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/21/tennessee-covid-christmas-hospitals-piercey/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2dc26dd%2F5fe0d00b9d2fda0efb8fb76d%2F5980ccdfae7e8a6816fa558a%2F38%2F68%2F5fe0d00b9d2fda0efb8fb76d<https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/21/tennessee-covid-christmas-hospitals-piercey/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https://s2.washingtonpost.com/car-ln-tr/2dc26dd/5fe0d00b9d2fda0efb8fb76d/5980ccdfae7e8a6816fa558a/38/68/5fe0d00b9d2fda0efb8fb76d>
Tennessee governor limits public gatherings
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/531105-tennessee-governor-limits-public-gatherings?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=35730
38 states have mask mandates. Hard-hit Tennessee is not among them despite doctors' pleas.
Natalie Allison, Nashville Tennessean
https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/22/governor-lee-executive-order-mask-mandate-tennessee/3997621001/?for-guid=94491895-adb4-4997-9f9d-f4021b9b0fb9&utm_source=knoxnews-Daily%20Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_thumb
Leading us to
THINK ABOUT UPCOMING LIBRARY SERVICES FOR OUR COMMUNITIES
The Top 10 Library Stories of 2020
Publishers Weekly looks back at the library stories that captivated the publishing world this year - and what they portend for 2021
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/85122-the-top-10-library-stories-of-2020.html
Beyond the Pandemic - Libraries Look Toward a New Era By Ellen Rosen 24 Sept. 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/24/business/libraries-pandemic-future.html
Libraries Must Change - To stay true to their mission during the coronavirus pandemic libraries should offer more digital services
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/opinion/libraries-coronavirus.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR3IbfpY1GgENB8vHhpfrS_7hqRyxnDVozO5hHA5FGy6dDaN3yC1190ztwc
The Election is Over - What Does That Mean for America’s Libraries?
Publishers Weekly’s third episode of Live From the Library Lounge with Kathi Kromer, ALA’s Associate Executive Director of Public Policy and Advocacy and John Chrastka, EveryLibrary founder, discuss the library community’s emerging policy and legislative priorities in a post-Trump America - and how librarians can effectively engage with lawmakers on the local and national levels in these unprecedented times.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHjBuZqDOpQ&feature=emb_logo
and to
DEALING WITH PERSONAL HEALTH & WELLNESS
“Optimism and hope are not the same.
Optimism is the belief that the world is changing for the better;
hope is the belief that, together, we can make the world better.”
(Rabbi Jonathan Sacks)
How to keep your sadness from turning into depression
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/sadness-depression-stopping-getting-worse/2020/11/27/b5fa88c8-0e3f-11eb-8074-0e943a91bf08_story.html
Article - Keep Sadness from Turning into Depression<http://tnlibtrustees.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/142442685/Article%20-%20keep%20sadness%20from%20turning%20into%20depression.pdf>
As an old timey rock-’n-roller, nothing lifts the spirit at Christmas than Darlene Love
After almost 30 years on David Letterman’s Late Shows
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omp0G9RzD8I 2014,
Darlene Love Now Performs “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” on The View 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PSWKmRmOPg
Darlene Love and Ronnie Spector - Sleigh Ride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT1-2xmSQ0w
Anthems for our time:
Les Mis quarantine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DwlnT3WxrI
I’m Still Here (Elaine Stritch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xz1TUgdG6A
[Image may contain: text that says 'ALL OF US STUCK AT HOME SHOULD CALL RANDOM NUMBERS IN INDIA AND ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY']
As Roald Dahl put it, “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”
Joyful Bond Between Little Kids And Their Big Dogs
https://www.reshareworthy.com/joyful-bond-between-little-kids-and-their-big-dogs/?utm_source=DogHeirs.com%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=95c1864ad2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_03_18_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_48280823e5-95c1864ad2-57069405&fbclid=IwAR2kKYUTR1umrny-2TjBSEh7yJkaZSXL5dg2aPIqNEHi8_yp_ci4MMUOYKE
[cid:[log in to unmask]]
[cid:[log in to unmask]]
Best wishes for a festive holiday season, with optimism and hope . . .
[cid:[log in to unmask]] - Don
- - -
[cid:[log in to unmask]]
Donald B. Reynolds, Jr.
P.O. Box 278
Talbott, Tennessee 37877
865.475.2030
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
2019-2021 Past President; 2014-17, 2018-19 President, Friends of Tennessee Libraries (FOTL)
Web Site<http://www.friendstnlibraries.org/> Facebook Page<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Tennessee-Libraries/78895803726?fref=ts> Friends Ethical Statement<http://www.friendstnlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/FOTL-Ethical-Dozen-for-Friends-of-the-Library-18Sept2015.pdf> Parent Tips for Reading Aloud<http://www.friendstnlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/Parent-Tips-for-Reading-Aloud-Sept-2014-Imagination-Week-Handout-REV-FINAL1.pdf> Tool Kit for Building Friends Group<http://www.friendstnlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/Final-Sept2015FOTL-TOOL-KIT-for-Building-a-Library-Friends-Group-REV-Sept2015.pdf>
Retired Director, Nolichucky Regional Library, Tennessee
Founding Director/Former President, Association for Rural and Small Libraries
Rural & Small Library Directors’ Tool Kit<http://rurallibrarydirectors.pbworks.com/>
[cid:[log in to unmask]]
DISCLAIMER: This email is a natural hand made product. The slight variations in spelling and grammar enhance its individual character and beauty
and in no way are to be considered flaws.
The older I get, the less I know. It's wonderful - it makes the world so spacious.
~ Swami Chetanananda
What good does it do to know everything when you don’t understand anything?
~ Donald Sutherland
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.
~ Harry Truman
Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.
~ Robert J. Sawyer
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
~ Aesop
I believe without laughter there’s no point at all.
~ Lauren Bacall
Be Happy. It's one way of being wise.
~ Sidone Gabrielle Colette
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet!
Since retiring, I wake up in the morning with nothing to do -
and by bedtime it's only half done.
~ Bill Yates, small society
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things -
right now, I'm so far behind, I will never die.
~ Anonymous
May the good Lord make you smart enough to live in a small town.
~ Radio news announcer in The Runaway Bride
He who reads books knows more.
Take change by the hand before it takes you by the throat.
~ Sam McKinney
Just because everything is different doesn't mean anything has changed.
~ Irene Peter
