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CURBSIDE SERVICE
TEMPORARY NEW CURBSIDE HOURS
10am – 4pm Monday through Saturday
ORDERING
- The Mid-Hudson Library System is once again open for holds!
- You should request materials online (see below) rather than via email.
PICKING UP
Please call the Library twice, at 845-687-7023:
- 10-20 minutes before you arrive.
SUMMER READING FOR KIDS
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!
TEA TIME Book Group
Wednesday, August 12
Time and place TBD
Time and place TBD
In August we will be reading The House at Riverton by Kate Morton. Set in England between the wars. It is the story of an aristocratic family, a house, a mysterious death, and a way of life that vanished forever, told in flashback by a woman who witnessed it all and kept a secret for decades.
HOLMES & CO. Mystery Lovers Book Group
Wednesday August 19 at 3pm
at the Community Center
We will discuss Black Run by Antonio Manzini. With his Clark’s desert boots and his Roman ways, Deputy Prefect of Police Rocco Schiavone is a fish out of water in the Alpine town of Aosta, where he has been transferred for disciplinary reasons.
CLIO’S MUSE – A History Reading Club
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.
POETRY with Rosemary Deen
Join us for an afternoon of poetry with Rosemary Deen. Poetry is being held virtually. Please contact Diane Dechillo at manager@stoneridgelibrary.org for more information.
Book Donations
We did it!
An enormous and heartfelt thank you from the SRL Foundation to our amazing Library community for making Hudson Valley Gives a big success. Together we raised more than $20,000 for the Library! Your overwhelming generosity helped us to double our goal of $10,000.
One Story Only
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.*
Wait a minute! HOW MUCH does that hold weigh???
[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.
The Library is a Seemingly Quiet Place By Julianna Jones
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.
MANGO
Light and Dark
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.
Ulster County Crime Victims Assistance
Coronavirus Information
Some helpful links:
Ulster County Covid 19 Hotline:
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm 845-443-8888
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm 845-443-8888
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
Dear Stone Ridge Library Patrons and Friends:
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.
