Tag: Mead Public Library

Grateful at Home

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I looked at my WordPress Reader and saw a post from the Mead Public Library Blog.

Mead Public Library is in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Of course, now they must be “Closed Until Further Notice.”

They have a page for Up-to-Date Information on Coronavirus (Covid-19).

The libraries offer so much to their communities. I have memories of going to a library with my mother. I do not remember learning how to read. My love of the language arts has carried me through many life chapters.

This life chapter we all share.

These are photos I took at home over the years.

Ellen Grace Olinger

Poems and Photos: October – November 2019

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This morning I learned more about the Plaza Renovation Project at Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

I also note their Mead Public Library Blog and recognized the WordPress theme.

Creative note from October 14, 2019

SEASONS

once the tree grew tall
before the Emerald Ash Borer
and then a storm

hosta plants
grew green again
around the stump
in Spring

they grew large
and flowered well
so blessed by rain
and a red begonia planter

now there is an
orange pumpkin
on the ash tree stump

and hosta leaves are gold
in the brilliant morning sun

October 24, 2019

reading memoirs
and then the view
outside today

I am happy and honored that my poem from this blog was published in a new anthology. The book is available at Amazon.

All the Way Home:
Aging in Haiku

Edited by
Robert Epstein

Middle Island Press
West Union WV

Post from November 14, 2019

Afternoon Light Post
Lake Michigan
Oostburg, Wisconsin
November 14, 2019
Photos by Karl

daylight
some clouds the colors
of birch trees

new books
by poets, editors
and publishers –
their time to shine
and readers blessed

gratitude
for the many gifts shared
blogs and books

Today I began reading Another Trip Around the Sun: 365 Days of Haiku for Children Young and Old. edited by Jessica Malone Latham. 2019, Brooks Books; Taylorville, Illinois.

Post from November 26, 2019. Please visit Brooks Books Haiku for more information.

I would like to conclude this post with a few images from Reusable Art.

Pot of Tulips is by Kate Greenaway.

There is a category for Kate Greenaway at Reusable Art.

A Merry Christmas Sled is by Ellen Clapsaddle.

And wpclipart is another well-organized site, for education and art.

Thank you – Ellen Grace Olinger

we hold the door

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we hold the door
for older people
memories of Mom

From They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku; Edited by Robert Epstein (2017, Middle Island Press).

autumn in the air
young people
open doors for me
at the library

Kiwanis Park
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 22, 2018
Photo by Karl

Interurban Trail, Town of Holland
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
August 26, 2018
Photos by Karl

Ellen Grace Olinger

July in Wisconsin and Creative Note

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I read in an old chair by an open window and listen to summer sounds. Several books to look at here and there. Soon there will be many daylily and hosta flowers. Peonies are in bloom.

Poems from my archives

many trees
provide shade
for this street
on a varied
route to the
library
I find books
this time that
tell personal stories
and grant some rest

I was looking at new nonfiction books at Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.  When I was browsing, I remembered a haiku.

reading a new book
the fragrance
of fresh paper

As a CREATIVE NOTE, sometimes readers refer back to a short post from August 2016 about Joanne Chase, an artist from Wisconsin. Here is the post and information again.

We enjoy buying greeting cards by Joanne Chase, from Hartland, Wisconsin.  Her watercolor designs are beautiful.

This morning I enjoyed seeing many pictures at Chase Greeting Cards.

We often buy her cards at Mentink’s Piggly Wiggly here in Oostburg.

Ellen Grace Olinger

The image is courtesy of wpclipart.

Mead Library

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Yesterday, Karl and I went to Mead Public Library in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

It was raining, and the parking lot was full, so we parked on the street. We had not been there for awhile, and it is wonderful to see all the creativity, along with the books. I remember going to a large bookstore years ago, and I already knew about the poetry books that interested me from the library. Yesterday, I shopped in their Friends of Mead Public Library Bookstore – and bought three more memoirs. The price was 50 cents each, and I chose to pay a dollar for each book. I seem to be growing a used book collection, that I can share again in new ways.

New for me this visit:

Imaginarium & Digital Media Lab

Mead’s Seed Library

We continue to enjoy ART AT THE LIBRARY, and viewed the Rocca Bookmarks collection.

Library poems from my archives:

a small crowd
waits for the doors to open –
the library

autumn in the air
young people
open doors for me
at the library

Karl took this photo at Mead Library in August 2018.

Ellen Grace Olinger