The month of March is Women’s History Month, the 1/12 part of the year we can celebrate the accomplishments of 51 percent of the population.
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Helping children open their minds to the wonders of imagination and knowledge found in books is one of the greatest gifts older generations can pass on to the next. Unfortunately, not every child has access to the help they need to learn reading. But a local program seeks to even the playing field of literacy.
As I type this, we are headlong into the 2018 movie awards season. We’ve had the Golden Globes, the People’s Choice, the Critics’ Choice, and will soon have the Directors Guild Awards, the Academy Awards, the Your Mom’s Brother’s Roommate Awards, and so on.
By Sara Appel-Lennon
San Carlos resident Don Harrison believes there are Jewish stories everywhere.
To prove his point, Harrison recently wrote a book that recounts 70 Jewish stories culled from all 35 exits along Interstate 8 between Mission Bay and the Imperial County line, titled “77 Miles of Jewish Stories: History, Anecdotes, and Tales of Travel Along I-8”
By Heather Pisani-Kristl | La Mesa Reads
I often joke that the library performs miracles, evidenced by the constant supply of forgotten canes and walking sticks in our lost-and-found department.
The library doesn’t actually make readers stride unaided into the next chapter of their lives, but we do provide such funny and absorbing books that customers often forget the troubles they arrived with. Below are some titles that will transport you to another time, place, and life.