Currently 10am – 2pm Monday through Saturday
New Extended Hours Beginning Monday, July 13
10am – 4pm Monday through Saturday
Call 10-20 minutes before you arrive, and again when you get to the parking lot: 845-687-7023
The Mid-Hudson Library System procedure for holds is up and running again so we will no longer be accepting requests for items via email.
Summertime means a chance to explore new books and e-books, learn new skills, and check out resources, programs and activities through your Library. It’s the perfect time for students of all ages to see what their local library has to offer!
Wednesday July 15th at 10am
We will meet in the Library yard.
We will sit apart and wear masks.
(Rain date – Thursday July 16th 10am)
We will discuss The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan. In Toronto, Det. Esa Khattak and Sgt.
Zoom Meeting Wednesday, August 26 at 7pm
We are reading two books by Marie Arana: Silver, Sword and Stone: Three Crucibles in the Latin American Story and Bolivar: American Liberator. Feel free to “attend” this virtual meeting whether you finish both books or not.
by Mary Fairchild
Robert Graves (1895–1985) is perhaps best known for his historical novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God. Some of us of a certain age will remember the wonderful treatment those two got on PBS in the 1970s, with Derek Jacobi in the title role.*
[This article was written by Stone Ridge Library circulation-desk staffer Barbara Goodwin. It was sourced in part from a blog produced by WritersRelief.com.]
In the libraries of yore—and I mean yore—literature and other offerings were written on cuneiform tablets like the one pictured here.
A library is a calm and quiet place. Stacks of books stand pressed together, tall, straight, and still. The Stone Ridge Library is just that. Housed in two old buildings built in 1798 and 1811. The library appears strong, motionless and silent.
Let us consider two sonnets. First, Shakespeare’s seventy-third:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin’d choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Sitting by myself, and thinking about the prospect of a month or two more of sitting by myself, it’s a good time for quiet reflection. So, here’s a little meditation on Robert Frost, who is surely the most American of all the American poets.
Some helpful links:
Ulster County Dept. of Health Facebook
New York State Dept. of Health Information
NYS Coronavirus Information Hotline:888-364-3065
CDC – Centers For Disease Control
The Mid-Hudson Library System has put together a couple of informative PDFs:
CoronavirusCOVID-19Resources
Coronavirus-COVID19SmallBusinessGuidanceAndLoanResource
We hope that you are safe and well at home and wanted to reach out to make sure that everyone knows how to access our electronic resources while the library is closed.
We also want to request that you NOT return borrowed materials at this time, as staff has been directed to stay at home per local health officials’ instructions.
Poetry is being held virtually. Please contact Diane Dechillo at manager@stoneridgelibrary.org for more information.
