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Last night at their annual meeting, Friends of the Des Plaines Public Library elected new officers.

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I confess I'm more inclined to post vacation photos to my Instagram or Facebook accounts than send a postcard via snail mail.

But before we had the internet, postcards were the coolest way to share your vacation adventures with friends and family.

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The weather is getting gorgeous, and it’s time to open the windows and start clearing out.  This is the perfect time to purge, clean, organize, and resell – what else can motivate you more than a garage sale?  Whether it’s thrifting for a valuable find, or selling items for a profit, garage sales can fill a weekend with fun.

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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. The anthology is a collection of over two hundred interconnected free verse epitaphs spoken by former residents of the fictional town of Spoon River, who come forward from their graves to tell us the truth about their lives. Sometimes, the truth is uncomfortable. Spoon River was an immediate and commercial success when it was published in 1915.

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