in front of the first saint paul public library bookmobile, 1917.
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“i’m of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around
every living librarian who crosses my path,
on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved.”
– barbara kingsolver
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photo credit: st.paul public library
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
How fab. Same is true for the writers I suppose.
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absolutely –
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Among other things I am a qualifies librarian so this chimes with me 🙂
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ah, you are really a renaissance man, aren’t you ?
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Excellent that librarians have their own day.
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yes, they certainly have earned it –
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Yay for books!
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yes, yes )
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Great photo! And thanks for celebrating National Library Week! I’m on the board of our Friends of the Knox County Library, an organization that celebrates all that our special librarians and libraries do. Love this.
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fantastic – where would we be without the libraries?
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Brilliant quote!
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i loved it too )
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Oh my goodness! I have a friend who is a librarian. I need to wish her a happy librarian day. 🙂
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absolutely – without further delay )
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What a great photograph.
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i loved it when i found it. so much important stuff going on –
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I’ll warrant Barbara Kingsolver has saved a life or two without knowing it.
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Yes, I agree
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What a throwback. Fantastic idea, and still in existence to some degree.
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i agree, and it is –
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I love this, Beth! Wow, such an incredible and old photograph to feature. I only lived in one house growing up where the bookmobile came, in Sandusky, Ohio. This was when I had the farm family babysitter. We loved getting on the van and just smelling the books and choosing only 3. My Mom’s rule! 🙂
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librarians are magic people.
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They certainly are, Beth! 🙂
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A grand sentiment that I echo. Without books I’d never have been able to visit all the world’s I’ve been to and enjoyed.
xxx Hugs Galore xxx
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same here –
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I always find out where the nearest library is when I move to a new home.
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An important find
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Amen to that. We go to the library every Saturday and love it.
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It is a wonderful place
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