by T Wilson | Mar 3, 2025 | Senior Book Break
Rails Across the Ranchos by Loren Nicholson An Interesting history of the development of San Luis Obispo County. Visionaries, developers and businessmen saw the potential in this Central Coast area. They encouraged the Southern Pacific Railroad to lay tracks from the...
by T Wilson | Oct 21, 2024 | Senior Book Break
Subject John Steinbeck Flight, a short story For centuries Big Sur residents spoke of “The Dark Watchers.” John Steinbeck grew up in Salinas and spoke of them in this short story. In the tale a teenage Indigenous Mexican American boy kills a man and is forced to flee...
by T Wilson | Sep 30, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene
Fish’s story (about pirates!) is too grand to simply be told: Fish wants to show Snail. But that would mean leaving the familiar world of their book—a scary prospect for Snail, who would rather stay safely at home and pretend to be kittens. Today on Story Time...
by T Wilson | Aug 19, 2024 | Senior Book Break
Senior Book Break Subject: Odd Couples A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles Count Alexander Rostov, born into Russian aristocracy, finds himself in Moscow at the time of the Russian Revolution. Sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the luxury hotel, Metropol, he...
by T Wilson | Jul 29, 2024 | Story Time with Darlene
Watching children befriend one another carries lessons for all of us. They quickly step outside of themselves, give one another a chance, invest everything in the moment, and trade hugs at the earliest possible opportunity. Such is the stuff of true friendship. Today...
