{"id":548,"date":"2018-10-08T13:42:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/?p=548"},"modified":"2018-10-09T12:10:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T16:10:47","slug":"libraries-et-al","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/libraries-et-al\/","title":{"rendered":"Libraries et al."},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my friends jokingly accused me of dropping off of the radar. Indeed, I have had a weak online presence recently.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the activities I have previously posted – participation in book clubs and other organizations – I have also traveled a bit, enjoying thought-provoking conversations, beautiful vistas, historical places, and, sometimes, delicious food. Within the comfort of libraries, I have given presentations in a quintessential, small-town (Moultonborough, NH), modern school (Creekside High School, St. Johns, FL) and in conjunction with a library by the sea (St. Simmons Island, GA). I toured one of the oldest library buildings in the United States – Georgia Historical Society\u2019s Hodgson Hall (Savannah, GA). While on this road to antiquity, I passed through America\u2019s oldest summer resort (Wolfeboro, NH) and her oldest city (St. Augustine, FL), visiting family and friends, meeting new people, and learning history along the way.<\/p>\n

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Below are a few photos of these adventures–since\u00a0I am back online again!<\/p>\n

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Moultonborough Public Library, NH, Sept. 2018, RYV Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Library Director Nancy McCue, Molly, and me. Moultonborough, NH, Sept. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Squam Lake, Rattlesnake Mountain, NH, Sept. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Wright Museum has a comprehensive collection covering the home front during WWII. Wolfeboro, NH, Sept. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The regal Hodgson Research Center, GHS, Savannah, GA, Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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GHS, \u201cwhere historical items are made accessible to those who strive to make history relevant in an ever-changing world,\u201d per Historian Dr. Stan Deaton. Savannah, GA, Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Forsyth Park fountain, Savannah, GA, Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Librarian Amy Y. Zukoski and me, Creekside High School, St. Johns, FL, Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Creekside High School AP Comparative Government students learn about five presidents via Rufus’s story. St. Johns, FL, Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Coined “America’s oldest city,” St. Augustine, FL, Oct. 2018, RYV Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary Jane Reed of G.J. Ford Bookshop. The Literary Guild of St. Simmons Island, GA, supports the local library and early childhood literacy. Oct. 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of my friends jokingly accused me of dropping off of the radar. Indeed, I have had a weak online presence recently.   Beyond the activities I have previously posted – participation in book clubs and other organizations – I have also traveled a bit, enjoying thought-provoking conversations, beautiful vistas, historical places, and, sometimes, delicious … Continue reading Libraries et al.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[174,168,173,172,76,163,164,99,170,161,162,165,160,166,167,169,171],"class_list":["post-548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-20-years-in-the-secret-service","tag-comparative-history","tag-creekside-high-school","tag-florida","tag-forsyth-park","tag-georgia","tag-georgia-historical-society","tag-hodgson-hall","tag-libraries","tag-literary-guild","tag-moutonbourough","tag-new-hampshire","tag-research-center","tag-savannah","tag-st-augustine","tag-st-johns","tag-st-simmons-island","tag-wolfeboro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rufusyoungblood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}