LPL’s Best Books of 2024

Whether they were published in 2024 or simply discovered by our librarians in 2024, here are the BEST things we read all year! Lady Macbeth "This haunting retelling of one of literature’s most famous tragedies puts one of Shakespeare’s most vilified characters at center stage. Sent across the continent to wed the general Macbeth after…
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Let’s Get Sconed!

"Once you start on scones, where do you stop?" - English cooking pro Elizabeth David Here is everything you missed from our recent RetroActive program, Let's Get Sconed! There are so many variations on the beloved scone. Singing hinnies, fat rascals, rock cakes....dropped, shaped, or rolled....sweet or savory....a "cream tea"....toppings....spreads....! The choices are seemingly endless…
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Lots of Wild Surprises

This year I moved into town from the rural side. First time a city dweller in almost four decades(!). It's, well, different, but there are surprises. At the open house I was serenaded by a vireo and an atypically mellifluous catbird. The first morning as a resident I watched a coyote saunter down the street…
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In Praise of Fall Vegetables

Just as I find a locally grown, heirloom tomato irresistible in the summer, so too do I find an acorn or butternut squash in the fall. But whereas tomatoes require so little effort to be enjoyed, squash at least seems more complicated. Slicing, salting, and biting into a raw, winter squash will not result in…
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