To do great important tasks, two things are necessary: a plan and not quite enough time. —Unknown

November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).

Kickoff Event is 2-3 pm, Saturday, October 31, Millennium Café

The challenge: to write 50,000 words in 30 days.

That’s an average of 1,667 words/day.
 

Writing begins November 1 and ends November 30 .
 

No exceptions.

I've recently become interested in the history of food - why have we eaten certain foods at certain times in our American and world history, and what does it all mean?

Happily, our library carries a number of titles that answer these and other questions.

In the time before Thanksgiving and...

When I think of Halloween I think of pumpkins and candy and chocolate cake with orange frosting. But in the UK county of Warwickshire people traditionally eat seed cake on Halloween.  We had a request for a recipe for seed cake and we found several. The first one comes from

The Home Depot's Building Healthy Communities Grant Program awards grants of up to $2,500 to nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, public schools, and tax-exempt public service agencies in the United States that are using the power of volunteers to improve the physical health of their community....

Have you been in the Topeka Room?  If you have not been in there, you are in for a treat.  It is a room filled with antique pieces, artwork, and an ever-growing collection of books and media by and about Topeka authors and Kansas authors.  Also, the collection features Topeka history, Kansas...