When my son Ryland was born, we started to read night after night of fun, colorful tales. Our current favorites include Good Night, I Love You, Little Green Peas, Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site, and Are You Awake? We go through about 6 books a night. With all those characters and storylines being ingrained in his […]
DIY Backyard Chickens

When Jan Brett visited Fort Collins in June she talked about one of her true loves in life: raising chickens. In case you didn’t know, the bestselling author-illustrator is also a chicken fanatic. In fact, as a kid she trained her chickens to ride on her handlebars. Over the years, Jan has acquired a number […]
Book Clubs – More than the book

Last August I attended my first book club meeting at the Council Tree Library, that meeting being the one where members decide which books to read in the coming months. Joining a book club was a goal of mine last year, as my selection of reading material was steadily becoming more narrow, and I wanted […]
June Be Audiobook Month!

updated 6/13/19 Matey, did ye know June be National Audiobook Month? What a perfect time o’ year too, when people be roadtrippin’, an’ travelin’, an’ exercisin’. Ye can take an audiobook anywhere! Now, ye may be sayin’, “Captain Cache, I don’t own any audiobooks.” Don’t ye worry, me friend. Thanks to yer local library, ye have […]
Historic Hysterical Tweets

Some of us are constantly connected and some are luddites-by-choice; I expect if you’re reading this you fall into the first group. Whatever your tech preferences, most of us would agree that we share a lot more personal information in today’s world than in years past. Selfies in every possible location and position, tweets about […]