Altamont Library Notes for Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Back in March, we started something called the Altamont Gratitude Wall. It’s a place on our website where you can share what you are grateful for in these trying times. I’ve loved seeing people’s submissions, especially during this season of gratitude. Here’s what one community member posted:
“I am grateful for spending more time at home, focusing on what actually matters. The hustle and bustle of my life before the pandemic fell away and it gave me an opportunity to slow down and concentrate on my family and loved ones.
“We got creative, we navigated remote learning, we problem solved, and we connected with nature more. I am grateful for our community who pulled together to make what seemed impossible, possible. Neighbors helping neighbors during periods of quarantine and folks supporting small businesses. I am grateful for my family and I am grateful for Altamont!”
I couldn’t have said it any better myself. If you’d like to add a post to our gratitude wall, you can find a link on our homepage at AltamontFreeLibrary.org.
Thanksgiving
The Altamont Free Library will close at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, and be closed the following Thursday and Friday in observance of Thanksgiving. On behalf of the board and staff, we wish you and your family a healthy, safe, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Library Lights
Feel that nip in the air? That’s a pretty good sign that the holidays are creeping up on us.
We’re about five weeks away from the Altamont Celebration of Lights, so it’s time to start thinking about lighting up the Orsini Park gazebo. This holiday season, honor the memory of a friend, loved one, or pet with a light on the Altamont Village Gazebo in Orsini Park.
The lights cost $5 each and all proceeds benefit the Altamont Free Library. The honorees’ names will be read during the annual lighting ceremony on Friday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m., and be published on the library’s website.
Forms are available at the library and in this edition of The Altamont Enterprise. Please join us at the gazebo on Friday, Dec. 10, for what is always a lovely and moving (and socially-distant) ceremony.
Book Club
Do you love to read? Do you love talking about the things you’ve read? If so, consider joining our First Monday Book Club! We meet, as the name implies, on the first Monday of every month at noon.
Our next meeting will be Monday, Dec. 6, at noon when we’ll meet via Zoom to discuss “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. It’s a fascinating book, and we’ve got several copies on hold if you’re interested. You can also find the digital book and audiobook available for free on the Libby app.
If you’d like to join us, or to reserve your copy of “The Remains of the Day,” call us at 518-861-7239 or send us an email at .
Story time
Story time is on the move! Now that the weather is getting colder, we’ve moved story times a few blocks away and indoors! Please join us in the Community Room at Altamont Reformed Church at 129 Lincoln Ave. in Altamont every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for a super fun morning of songs, stories, and activities!
We’re moving to ARC so that our story-time families have lots of room to stretch out and distance themselves from one another. Since this is an indoor program, all participants over the age of 2 must wear masks for the duration of the program. Please enter through the back, and head right upstairs to the Community Room. Many thanks to Altamont Reformed Church for hosting us this fall and winter. We hope to see you there!