Thursday 30 December 2010

New Year’s Resolutions? Exercise your little grey cells at Bexley’s Libraries, “the gymnasiums of the mind” - (Leotards not required…)







New Year’s Resolutions?





Exercise your little grey cells at Bexley’s Libraries,

“the gymnasiums of the mind” - (Leotards not required…)


New Year’s resolutions?...
Diet?
Keep fit?
‘Pumping Iron’?
Whatever you choose, Bexley Libraries have books to get you started…
But above all, dear readers, exercise your little grey cells ~ Libraries have been described as “gymnasiums for the mind”, and – unlike other gyms - they’re free, you won’t get too sweaty, and not many staff wear leotards!

Look, I’ve been doing some research:
* “People who read for fun are usually better at it…”
* “All official studies show that the early years involve the highest rates of learning, and the reading habits formed at a young age will stay with them for a lifetime…”
* “Everyone knows that reading expands your horizons, and book clubs help to do this at an even greater level…”
* “A huge advantage of fiction is that when reading it you can train your imagination…”
I could go on, but you don’t want to hear too much, do you? You want to read, don’t you? Go on, now’s your chance; you know it makes sense!...

So, dear Blog followers, make yourself some New Year’s Resolutions; follow our simple, three point plan –
1) Keep your brain in trim…
2) Go to your nearest Bexley library
3) READ MORE!...

And don’t forget to suggest other stimulating book ideas to other readers; fiction, self-help, brainteasers, Captain Underpants, Jeffrey Archer, anything!…Just post them in the comments box below, and revel in the Bexley book-based cerebral maelstrom you’ve just become part of…
(As for me, I`m going to be an exception to that rule, pop on my library leotard, and get back to my blog).

Enjoy your reading & Happy New Year!

TTFN

Tuesday 7 December 2010

“On the first day of Christmas"






“On the first day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me”…

Neither Scrooge nor Humbug here, the Blogbrary would like to offer you, dear Yuletide readers, a very special gift; a Christmas ‘catablog’ of fine things to read, to the tune of ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas
(Hum along with it, if you like…I am!…)


On the first day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
A partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the second day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the third day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the fourth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the fifth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the sixth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the seventh day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the eighth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the ninth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the tenth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the eleventh day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…
~


On the twelfth day of Christmas,
The Blogbrary gave to me…
Twelve Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Gold Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtledoves
And a partridge in a pear tree…


But, if you’ve got any better suggestions (within reason) for what to include in our Christmas ditty, do let us know – just use the comments box below.
So, all that remains is to wish you all very happy, peaceful and merry Christmas from the Blogbrarian and his team of trusty elves…

Ho ho ho, and TTFN

Thursday 2 December 2010

The worst journey in the world...



The worst journey in the world?...

As our region is gripped by winter, we discover
`The Worst Journey in the World`…

Was it:
a) The 17.19 from Charing Cross?
b) The A226 into Dartford?
Or
C) The Ross Ice-Shelf, Antarctica, Winter 1911…70 degrees below, and your tent blows away…

It’s a great read.
Try it…
Or these
Or this

Well, can’t stop ~ my team of Siberian Library huskies are straining at the leash – mush!

TTFN