Bill Peak's Library Column in The Star Democrat

The Talbot County Free Library is a very special place. Within its walls, from every walk of life, we come together as equals to study, to learn and advance as our founding fathers dreamed we would, to pursue our personal and very private notions of happiness. The following articles (which The Star Democrat has been kind enough to allow us to reprint here) describe some of the perfectly ordinary, perfectly extraordinary things it has been my privilege to see and experience as an employee of the Talbot County Free Library.

—Bill Peak—

• Adventures in Shelving, originally published on January 6, 2008
• The Library: Where Dreams Are Stored, originally published on February 6, 2008
• For Kids of All Ages: the Library, originally published on March 9, 2008
• The Library's Secret Treasure Trove, originally published on April 6, 2008
• The Library Makes Me Hungry, originally published on May 11, 2008
• Summer's Spell at the Library, originally published on June 1, 2008
• Coming Soon to a Library Near You, originally published on July 6, 2008
• The Books of Summer ... the Library of Dreams, originally published in August, 2008
• The Talbot County Free Cogitarium, originally published on September 10, 2008
• The Library: Three Sketches from Life, originally published on October 15, 2008
• Thinking Deep Thoughts About the Library, originally published on December 1, 2008
• The Library's Genius Loci, originally published on January 4, 2009
• Murder Most Foul at the Library, originally published on February 13, 2009
• Finding Each Other at the Library, originally published on March 18, 2009
• The Ghosts of the Talbot County Free Library, originally published on April 7, 2009
• The Wilds of the Talbot County Free Library, originally published on May 6, 2009
• Romancing the Tome, originally published on June 23, 2009
• The University of the Talbot County Free Library, originally published on July 13, 2009
• Tomorrow Frequents the Library, originally published on August 3, 2009
• Finding Your Story at the Library, originally published on September 20, 2009
• The Library Comes Through in Thick and Thin, originally published on October 7, 2009
• Small Matters at the Library, originally published on November 2, 2009
• The World Visits Our Library, originally published on December 6, 2009
• The Truth About Fiction at the Library originally published on January 5, 2010
• When People Gather at the Library originally published on January 31, 2010
• Learning to Listen at the Library originally published on March 15, 2010
• From Grace to Grace at the Library originally published on April 12, 2010
• Nature's Children at the Library originally published on May 11, 2010
• Back to the Future at the Library originally published on June 18, 2010
• Playing Soccer at the Library originally published on August 11, 2010
• Telling Tales for the New Library originally published on September 8, 2010
• Old-Fashioned Virtues at the Library originally published on October 12, 2010
• Diving for Pearls at the Library originally published on November 8, 2010
• Of Mice and Men at the Library originally published on December 11, 2010
• The Easton Library Has Been Translated originally published on January 6, 2011
• Works of Consequence at the Library originally published on February 2, 2011
• The Library Celebrates National Poetry Month originally published on March 7, 2011
• Ambling Through the Easton Library originally published on April 18, 2011
• Parents Being Parents at the Library originally published on May 9, 2011
• A Child's Summer at the Library originally published on June 5, 2011
• The Civil War Comes to the Library originally published on July 18, 2011
• An Indian Visits the Talbot County Free Library originally published on August 14, 2011
• The Wisdom of Work at the Library originally published on September 25, 2011
• Glimpses of the Future at the Library originally published on October 4, 2011
• The Library: An American Place originally published on November 23, 2011
• A New Library Emerges From the Old originally published on December 1, 2011
• The Schools' Library Connection originally published on January 8, 2012
• Reflections on Collections at the Library originally published on February 13, 2012
• Robert E. Lee Visits the Talbot County Free Library originally published on March 7, 2012
• Death Stalks the Library ... Poetically originally published on April 17, 2012
• Back to the Future at the Library originally published on May 6, 2012
• Reading Across the Ages at the Library originally published on June 1, 2012
• Life at Child-Level in the New Easton Library originally published on July 8, 2012
• A Cellist Draws Fire at the Library originally published on August 5, 2012
• A Tale of Three Cigars at the Library originally published on September 2, 2012
• Tales from the Library's Children's Desk originally published on October 7, 2012
• Voices and Visions at the Library originally published on November 4, 2012
• The Library's Prodigal Returns originally published on December 2, 2012
• The Art of Medicine at the Library originally published on January 6, 2013
• Something to Respect at the Library originally published on February 3, 2013
• Touching the Future at the Library originally published on March 3, 2013
• A User-Friendly Bard at the Library originally published on April 14, 2013
• Peregrine Lost, Peregrine Regained, at the Library originally published on May 5, 2013
• Passing the Torch at the Library originally published on June 2, 2013