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Comment on Shaped By Our Surroundings by Bill Uricchio

Bill Uricchio — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:02:37 +0000

My wife and I went by there just recently and marveled at the Sonic Burger which is right at the location where we last saw the dining car. If CLA ever forms a Tacky Modern Architecture Interest Group the unit is fated to have all of its meetings at the Sonic. I wonder if the odor of roasting popovers can still be sensed on damp days? Good news about the caboose. It joins the caboose from the Mansfield Depot Restaurant which also burned in a spectacular fire many years ago. The Depot, loaded with railroad antiques, was a popular watering hole and retirement dinner location for the main campus staff of the UConn Libraries.

Comment on Shaped By Our Surroundings by Bill Uricchio

Bill Uricchio — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:50:29 +0000

My own youthful memories are of the Windsor Public Library which was in a historic house, now beautifully incorporated into a twice (at least) expanded structure. The librarian was Miss Mix who monitored the place from the front desk by listening to the floorboards. Two squeaks and she knew the new kid arrival had gone into the forbidden adult area. I was caught more than once and sent packing. I’d forgotten about her until my early days of CLA article writing when she sent me a beautifully scribed note taking me to task for some wayward grammar. If she were with us today she would most certainly have remarked on “Like the West Hartford library, I can still…” in the middle of the latest effort. It’s the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth — I’d better be more careful. (PS — Miss Mix is remembered today for CLA’s Adeline Mix Award — she was undoubtedly inspired by a squeaky, youthful library user)

Comment on Shaped By Our Surroundings by Jim Benn

Jim Benn — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:30:09 +0000

Great essay, Bill. Although I’m certain many important library issues were discussed there, what I remember most are their famous popovers.

Comment on Shaped By Our Surroundings by Bina Williams

Bina Williams — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:08:27 +0000

Hi, Bill. If you go to the site of the Yankee Silversmith today, there is a Sonic Burger there!
And the caboose is, I think, now in Willimantic.
I went to the Silversmith for many family gatherings and social functions– I always loved the sticky buns and popovers! They went down hill when the sticky buns disappeared from the tables.
Bina Williams

Comment on Shaped By Our Surroundings by Sally Tornow

Sally Tornow — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:36:08 +0000

Great article! I have all those super imposed types of memories of the Darien Library, on Leroy Avenue. First as a little girl and a patron, then working there 50 years later.

Comment on Welcome to Our New Editor by Editor’s Desk: January/February 2012 | CLA Today

Editor’s Desk: January/February 2012 | CLA Today — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:43:58 +0000

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Comment on “Hello, I Must Be Going”* by Editor’s Desk | CLA Today

Editor’s Desk | CLA Today — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:18:49 +0000

[...] issue, CLA Today (formerly Connecticut Libraries) resumes publication after a break following the retirement of longtime editor, David Kapp. The CLA Editorial Committee, under the leadership of Kate Sheehan, [...]

Comment on CLA responds to Enfield’s cancellation of film screening by Christina Lange

Christina Lange — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 07:14:42 +0000

Bravo, brava! I am an Enfield native transplanted to California. I use my mother’s library card when I visit my old hometown. As a young grade school student in the late ’60s I helped out at the Pearl Street Library and learned my Dewey decimal system. Libraries are sacred space and I honor their mission of informing an electorate and all the folk who pass their doors. Enfield’s Town Manager, Mayor and Council actions turned my stomach. I am proud of the prompt and firm response given by CLA. Makes me want to become a librarian–one should be marching with those patriots who uphold the Constitution and Amendments, right alongside the drummer, fife player and flag bearer!

Comment on Press Round-up by Librarified » Enfield (CT) Public Library will be showing “Sicko” after all–but what exactly is “balance”?

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:36:30 +0000

[...] But then yesterday, Enfield town officials backed down and will allow “Sicko” to be screened (although they want the library to wait for a while to let the controversy die down). The gag order on the director has also been lifted. Library Journal has more, and the CLA has been collecting links to news stories throughout. [...]

Comment on CLA responds to Enfield’s cancellation of film screening by ResourceBlog Article: Public Libraries: “Connecticut Library Cancels Screening of Michael Moore Movie ‘Sicko’ Under Pressure” | Western Outlaw

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:10:49 +0000

[...] From a Connecticut Library Association News Release: [...]