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Posted about 1 week ago by Jonah Butler

Posted in Fiction, Manga, Movies, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations

The sun is sinking and the golden hour is in full form. The season is autumn. The Japanese maples are a deep red and the gingko leaves a brilliant yellow. […]

Posted about 2 weeks ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations

At the Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website. And now that we’ve moved into the phase of limited re-opening, the new book shelves […]

Posted about 3 weeks ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in nonfiction, Reading Recommendations

At Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and now that we’ve moved into the next phase of limited re-opening, the new book shelves […]

Posted about 1 month ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations

At Richmond Public Library, you can always peruse the Latest Releases page on the library’s website, and now that we’ve moved into the next phase of limited re-opening, the new book shelves […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction, poetry, Reading Recommendations

This list is by no means comprehensive. I am not an academic, an expert, nor am I a person of color. These are books that I personally read and recommend […]

Posted about 2 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in Book Reviews, nonfiction | Tagged with anxiety relief, cabin fever, Covid-19, Dr. Huberman, habits, mental health, New Normal, nostalgia, stress relief

Habit was a dirty word. Like hope, waiting, and boundaries, the idea of habit was a form of discipline I scoffed at as being confining, restricting, and limiting. As a […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Jennifer Deuell

Posted in crafts and hobbies, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with #baker, #baking, #bread, #breadbaking, cooking

Oddly enough, one of the unintended consequences of staying safe at home seems to be that people have discovered (or re-discovered) their love of bread-making.  Who knows why so many […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Meldon Jenkins-Jones

Posted in crafts and hobbies, nonfiction | Tagged with e-books, gardening, Kitchen Garden, novice gardener, Resilience Garden, seeds;, vegetable garden, Victory Garden

GROCERY SHOPPING FROM THE BACK PORCH, Part 2 by Meldon Jenkins-Jones In the words of Nicole Johnsey Burke, the author of Kitchen Garden Revival: A Modern Guide to Creating a […]

Posted about 3 months ago by Natalie Draper

Posted in crafts and hobbies, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations

I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about space. Not outer space, though sometimes that too, but the spaces we live in, and more importantly, how we interact with, […]

Posted about 6 months ago by Meg Raymond

Posted in Events, nonfiction, Reading Recommendations | Tagged with Black History Month, richmond

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my […]