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While doing some genealogy research for a patron, we found this gem in the 1910 NYC Telephone Directory. Phones were still a newfangled item then - the first coast-to-coast long distance call was five years away! Do you think we need help with phone etiquette today? Image: "Courtesy Between Telephone Users"

English below. ¡Es el Día de la Lengua Española de la ONU! Celebremos el segundo idioma más hablado del mundo. También es un día para honrar al escritor más venerado en lengua española, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, fallecido el 22 de abril de 1616. ¡¿Sabía que tenemos libros en español para niños y adultos ?! Eche un vistazo a algunos hoy.... It is UN Spanish Language Day! Let’s celebrate the second most spoken language in the world. It’s also a day to honor the most revered writer in the Spanish language, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, who died on April 22, 1616. Did you know we have books in Spanish for kids and adults?! Check some out today. Don’t speak Spanish but want to learn? Your library card provides FREE access to Mango! Get started here: https://tinyurl.com/yjvzyzuh

Lost by David Wagoner Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,... Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here. No two trees are the same to Raven. No two branches are the same to Wren. If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you, You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows Where you are. You must let it find you. Have you seen any Carolina wrens lately? They are busy making nests! Find out more about birds and poetry: search.midhudsonlibraries.org Photo of a Carolina wren by Dennis Church via https://tinyurl.com/4pvc9cn2

Apologies for the delay folks! If you missed the start send us your questions - we're saving time for Q&A at the end. Gardening resources: https://www.kingstonlibrary.org/gardening-resources/