Peace - Turns 50

This shirt reminds me of my sister. In the early 1970's she had more tie dye and denim than a debutante should ever own. She also had her share of Peace symbols. This was 35 years ago - when the Peace symbol was just a teenager. Time Magazine has created a photographic retrospective on the 50th Anniversary of the Peace symbol. Click on the link to take a look: http://www.time.com/peace . Peace out -

Thanks, AJ and Mark

AJ Jacobs was in town on Thursday. AJ was our Friends of the Libraries Annual speaker. He was gracious, funny and thoughtful...more than anything else, he was funny. This guy looks at the world in a way like no one else. For a sample of AJs writing you can click this link:http://www.ajjacobs.com/content/writing.asp .

This year's Friend of the Year was Mark Olencki. Mark is a local photographer who does an excellent job of preserving Spartanburg's history through photography. He has photographed Library events for many years, and is a true friend.

AJ Jacobs is the Friends' Annual Speaker

AJ Jacobs is the Friends of the Libraries and Dennis L. Bruce Author Series speaker. Jacobs will speak in the Barret Room on Tuesday, April 8 at 7:00.

Jacobs is an editor for Esquire magazine and the author of several books. Recently Jacobs wrote The Know it All. As Jacobs explains, "The Know it All is about the year I spent reading the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z (or, more precisely, from a-ak to zywiec). All forty-four million words of it."

Released in late 2007 is The Year of Living Biblically. This book is about Jacob's quest to live the ultimate biblical life. "To follow every single rule in the Bible – as literally as possible."

You may sample Jacobs writing by visiting his website at http://www.ajjacobs.com/ .