Libraries of my youth.
People today question the need for library funding. They think that this antiquated relic of the past is ready to be sent out to pasture. I could talk for hours on why libraries today are more needed than ever. How their free eBooks, on line access, free resume and job fairs are life lines for many but that is for another day. Today I want to talk about why they hold such a fond place in my heart. There are three libraries that shaped my childhood, The Lilly Pike Sullivan Municipal Library in Enfield, the Whitakers Public Library, and the library in my old K-12 school. Each holds special memories. My parents, sister, and grandparents were avid readers. Daddy as well as Papa loved westerns and mysteries. Funny they were father and son in law yet their tastes were nearly identical. Zane Grey was always to be found in both homes. Now grandmama usually read magazines, and those Janet Oak style books but truthfully catalogues where her medium of choice. She was one of the last hol