Looking at possible fabrics for the sofa and some chairs in the library. Gracious there are too many choices. Much progress over in the library, with most of the trim done and the ceiling below the cupola installed. Lighting fixtures being finalized. Tick tick tick...spring beckons, but you wouldn't know it by looking outside.
Don't forget "Sweets with Steve" Chamberlin, School Superintendent on Thursday at 3pm in the community room.
Finally, a tasty little bit of history for you. Just learned about a New Deal project through which books were delivered to difficult to reach rural areas by women on horseback. Maybe we should have tried that during our post lightning "down" time...Some excellent pictures included.
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 In the 1930s, many people living in isolated
communities had very little access to jobs, let alone a good education for
their children. In Kentucky, residents of isolated mountain communities could
only get their books and reading material from one source—librarians on
horseback. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was trying to figure out a way to
improve conditions during the Great Depression of the 1930s. His Works
Progress Administration created the Pack Horse Library Project to help Americans become more
literate so that they could have a better chance of finding employment....
History
Daily, Nov. 17, 2017; Atlas Obscura, Aug. 31, 2017
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History
Daily, Nov. 17, 2017; Atlas Obscura, Aug. 31, 2017
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