I was recently thumbing through my first book, “Notes from the Garden,” looking for an inspiration for yet another winter article. In it I read that I had planted my
Ms. Susan is ready for the next chapter
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SOUTHWEST HARBOR Without a clear idea of when her next opportunity will be to host an in-person tea party or to read aloud for Toddler Story Hour, children’s librarian Susan Plimpton has decided to retire after nearly a quarter of a century at the Southwest Harbor Public Library.
Known to most as Ms. Susan, Plimpton describes her start at the library as a happy surprise. Before beginning her two–decade career there, Plimpton was an employee of the downtown bookstore, Oz Books, owned by Sheila Wilenski-Lanford.
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If you are on social media and you love books, chances are you’ve had someone send you a picture of a Christmas Tree made out of books, or a post about the Icelandic people who give and receive books on Christmas Eve. I am skeptical about much of what I read on the internet, so I wanted to see if this Icelandic tradition was real.