Writers of all ages are invited to enter a short, short spooky story contest for a chance to win DBA Downtown Bucks gift cards. The Poudre River Public Library District’s amateur writing contest is open to anyone age 6 and older who lives in the Library District’s boundary area. First, second and third place prizes […]
I was an avid reader. My adventures through Goosebumps, Harry Potter, Jurassic Park, and Lord of the Rings gave way over the years to business books like Decisive, Contagious , and Made to Stick. My daily sci-fi for fun reading gave way to business blogs like Story Bistro, Web.Search.Social, and Stage Presence Marketing. I was […]
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in an “automobile society” when your family does not have a car? I don’t, because I’ve lived it. I grew up in a Denver ‘burb and believe it or not, at that time, no public transportation existed for the Denver Metro area. By hook […]
When I was eight years old my mom took me to the Girl Scout counter at the Miller and Paine department store to buy my first camera. It was a Kodak Brownie Scout camera, square and brown. It was a plastic marvel. I took black-and-white photographs of anything I could find that wasn’t moving. I […]
“School’s out for the summer!” -Alice Cooper HELP! I’m sick! For most students, the first couple weeks of summer vacation is a freedom-filled sunshine party. But inevitably after a few weeks of being out of the classroom, students are diagnosed with summertime-boredomitis. Luckily the Poudre River Public Library District’s summer reading program is a cure […]
