The time warp

There is a soft spot in my heart for Woodstock. The original festival—not the town. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually ever been to Woodstock, NY; I hear it’s nice. But the 1969 festival is a reminder of Sullivan County and home.

Sometimes it’s a detail I throw in when describing to a new friend where I’m from.

“About 20 minutes from Bethel, the site of the original Woodstock concert.”

“Ahhhh.” Recognition.

I remember the first time I visited the monument; it had just been freshly re-painted and I gazed at the long list of performers, recognizing only a few of them.

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Tribes

Whenever I see someone here in the North displaying a Confederate flag—whether it’s on a truck, a front porch, or a belt buckle—I find myself wondering just what, exactly, that flag means to that person, and what message that person intends to convey.

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Libraries: the democratization of information

By SUSAN SCOTT

Does a shifting world change the vision of our libraries?

It seems the libraries have always been around, and the truth is that they have, since the collecting of papyrus scrolls in 1200 BC; the written word has endured consistent attempts at organization. Has the vision of libraries changed since the earliest history of collected information? In some ways libraries have always had the same vision of collection, but that vision soon expanded to the provision of independent and uncensored public access to information. Their mission became the democratization of information.

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