{"id":8932,"date":"2023-11-30T18:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/?p=8932"},"modified":"2023-12-01T08:55:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:55:06","slug":"a-note-from-nancy-december-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/2023\/11\/30\/a-note-from-nancy-december-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note from Nancy &#8211; December 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As I write, we just got blasted by a lake effect snow. It\u2019s actually beautiful \u2013 if you don\u2019t have to drive in it. Many of our younger friends and family members think it\u2019s beautiful &#8211; because school gets cancelled!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">As we wrap up 2023 and head to another year, I want to pause and list just a few of the things for which we are grateful. Here are a few:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Members of the community voted to pass our renewal levy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Our new, now-popular, Storybook Trail opened thanks to the generosity of donors and the Board of the Ashtabula County Commissioners;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Our summer reading program was a huge success;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Members of the Friends of the Library continue to support us through their annual fundraising activities like the annual book sale, Quilt Show, and Basket auction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">And you!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">I have to be honest with you. When I meet with Library Directors from across the state, I am always happy \u2013 and maybe a little bit proud &#8211; to brag about the ways you and the community engage with us and lend us your support. You have turned our small library into a real treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Someone once said that the holiday season is a perfect time to reflect on our blessings and seek out ways to make life better for those around us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Perhaps, as we \u2013 happily or anxiously \u2013 await and anticipate more snowfalls, we can take the poet Kahlil Gibran\u2019s words to heart when he writes that \u201ckindness is like snow. It beautifies everything it covers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-justify para-style-body\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Thank you for all of your support, encouragement, and patronage in 2023. It means a great deal to me and the entire staff.<\/span> <span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">It seems fitting to close with this Irish Blessing:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">May you be blessed with the spirit of the season which is peace,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">the gladness of the season which is hope,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><strong><em><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">and the heart of the season which is love.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Nancy Logan, Director<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I write, we just got blasted by a lake effect snow. It\u2019s actually beautiful \u2013 if you don\u2019t have to drive in it. Many of our younger friends and family members think it\u2019s beautiful &#8211; because school gets cancelled! As we wrap up 2023 and head to another year, I want to pause and<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/2023\/11\/30\/a-note-from-nancy-december-2023\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-note-from-nancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8972,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8932\/revisions\/8972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}