Rumsey Community Library
Box 113 T0J 2Y0 Rumsey, AB, Canada

February's Book Club book! Come and get a copy to join in on the discussion. "The Vignes sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything, including their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. Across the country, the other secretly passes for white and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, although separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen when their own daughters' story lines intersect?"

Food for though....

Meet January's pick for Book club members. The must-read novel of 2020. Chilling, moving and unputdownable, The Memory Wood is a thriller like no other. Let me know if you would like a copy.

Just a little laugh as we moms and wives get our worlds ready for Christmas.

I would like to invite you to join us for Decembers' Bookclub read. A story of 3 sisters who drift apart after the dead of their mother. Their one touchstone is their father, Bill Sweeney, a internationally famous literary lion. When Bill dies unexpectedly, his daughters return home to honor him with an Irish wake only to have an unexpected guest arrive, another Sweeney Sister. And, that's all I will tell you....

I'm really looking forward to reading Novembers' Bookclub book. Let me know if you are too!

Introducing October's Book Club book. This novel is about the real life adventures of Marion McKinnon, age 22 in 1963, when she headed up to the Williams Lake area as a newly minted public health nurse. Come and get your copy through the library.

Weve read a few of these already through book club but there is a lot more interesting titles to explore come and see what your local library has to offer.

Just to make you smile https://www.facebook.com/NTDTelevision/videos/467851103830332/

HELLO .. just dropping in to see how you are doing today ? I hope everyone is doing well and putting one foot in front of the other . I must say Ive been t...hinking about a lot of people over the last few weeks . I believe it takes a small town to keep you humble . We grow good people in our small towns , with honesty , sincerity ,and dignity . Our little town has its own heartbeat . We got this . I must say this cold weather has made our calving start a bit interesting . I reminded myself at 1:57 am in - 21 temperatures that Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light . We cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that we can do . So once again hello and Have a great day . Always be kind See more

If you dont have a membership, contact me and I will set you up so you can take advantage of all the great e-resources available free through the rumsey library website.

There are so many eresources available through our website, be sure to check them all out. Maybe you will be taking this time at home to perfect your resurme, well then, check out "Cypress Resume" it is an online resume builder that lets you create professional-quality resumes in three quick and simple steps. Available through www.Rumseylibrary.ca.

For those of you who are working at home with your young students. The library has the following resources available through our website www.rumseylibrary.ca Check out Solaro for help with their courses and there is also a link to http://www.learnalberta.ca/ which is our alberta government website to aid all students in their education.

These are some great resources available through our website so be sure to check them out!

Dont forget to go our webpage: www.RumseyLibrary.ca for all the e-resources available during your confinement. This can be a wonderful way to entertain yourself and your loved ones.

If you are looking for some good resources to entertain your young children, check out all these sites provided by libraries around Alberta. Enjoy, Everyone https://jbrary.com/storytime-online/

My cousin posted this thought it was helpful COVID-19 Treatments (from an RN) So what I have seen a lot of is recommendations for how to try to avoid getting co...ronavirus in the first place -- good handwashing -- but what I have NOT seen a lot of is advice for what happens if you actually get it, which many of us will. So as your friendly neighborhood RN, let me make some suggestions. You basically just want to prepare as though you know youre going to get a nasty respiratory bug, like bronchitis or pneumonia. You just have the foresight to know its coming. Things you should actually buy ahead of time (not sure what the obsession with toilet paper is?): Kleenex, Acetaminophen (Tylenol) in 325 mg tablets, Ibuprofen (Advil) in 200 mg tablets, Mucinex, Robitussin or whatever your generic cough medicine of choice is (check the label and make sure youre not doubling up on acetaminophen - some brands like DayQuil have it included and you dont want that). You want a cough medicine with both a cough suppressant and expectorant. Vix vaporub for your chest is also a great suggestion. (Also I should think this would go without saying, but editing to add that of COURSE if you have a medical contraindication to any of these over the counter meds, you should not take them. If you are on blood thinners, for example, no Advil for you if you are on blood pressure meds, you need to be careful about which cough medicine you take. Check with your doc or pharmacist if youre even the slightest bit unsure and these arent meds you routinely take for a cough/cold) If you dont have a humidifier, that would be a good thing to buy and run in your room when you go to bed overnight. (You can also just turn the shower on hot and sit in the bathroom breathing in the steam). If you have a history of asthma and you have a prescription inhaler, make sure the one you have isnt expired and refill it/get a new one if it is. This is also a good time to meal prep: make a big batch of your favorite soup to freeze and have on hand. Whatever your favorite clear fluids are to drink (Sprite, juice, ICE waters, Fresca, whatever floats your boat), stock your pantry with those. Maybe get some nice soothing tea too! For symptom management, use the meds I mentioned. For a fever over 101, alternate Tylenol 650 mg and Advil 400 mg so youre taking a dose of one then the other every 3 hours (ie Tylenol at 9 am, Advil at noon, Tylenol at 3 Pm etc) Drink A TON, hydrate hydrate hydrate. Rest lots. You should not be leaving your house except to go to the doctor, and if you do, wear a mask (regular is fine, you dont need an N95). You DO NOT NEED TO GO TO THE ER unless you are having trouble breathing or your fever is very high and unmanaged with meds. 90% of healthy adult cases thus far have been managed at home with basic rest/hydration/over-the-counter meds. We dont want to clog the ERs unless youre actually in distress. The hospital beds will be used for people who actively need oxygen/breathing treatments/IV fluids. If you have a pre-existing lung condition (COPD, emphysema, lung cancer) or are on immunosuppressants, now is a great time to talk to your PCP or specialist about what they would like you to do if you get sick. They might have plans to get you admitted and bypass the ER entirely. One major relief to you parents is that kids do VERY well with coronavirus they usually bounce back in a few days, NO ONE under 18 has died, and almost no kids have required hospitalization (unless they have a lung disease like CF). Be sure to use kids formulations of OTC meds and dose appropriately for their age/weight, and ask the pediatrician if you have any questions about medication safety for your childs age. Just be calm and prepare rationally and everything will be just ducky." I also want to add that black coffee (hot, no sugar or cream) and swallowed as quick as possible can save a person having an asthma attack. So try coffee if you are having breathing issues and DO NOT GO NEAR DAIRY. See more

Some of our patrons have been asking us about doing a stained glass class at the library. We have found someone who would be able to do it but as the price wou...ld be higher than our regular library programming, we wanted to make sure that people would be interested. The cost of the class would be $125 and $60 of that is for a glass cutter that you would be able to take home for future projects. If you are interested at that price, please comment here, send Leah an email at [email protected], or phone the library during open hours. See more

People used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do t...his to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldnt even afford to buy a pot......they "didnt have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isnt just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... . Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Dont throw the baby out with the Bath water!" Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "Its raining cats and dogs." There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. Thats how canopy beds came into existence. The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold. In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a sign of wealth that a man could, "bring home the bacon." They would cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat. Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous. Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust. Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial.. They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake. England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer. And thats the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring?

Come in and get a 2020 community calendar to keep up the events of our community. There is only a few left of both sizes. Regular size $20 and large "Mom" size $25.00

I love this. So true.

Hahaha this happens more than you know but I love it when I cam get it right and guess the correct book

Stop by to get your 2020 Community Calendar. The photos are beautiful and all the Ag Society, Library and Drop-In events are posted through-out the calendar as well so you always will know what is going on in Rumsey.

Joshua Dyer (aged 14) was tasked at school to write a poem for Remembrance Day. An hour later (without any help) he produced this. One Thousand Men Are Walking ...One thousand men are walking Walking side by side Singing songs from home The spirit as their guide they walk toward the light milord they walk towards the sun they smoke and laugh and smile together no foes to outrun these men live on forever in the hearts of those they saved a nation truly grateful for the path of peace they paved they march as friends and comrades but they do not march for war step closer to salvation a tranquil steady corps the meadows lit with golden beams a beacon for the brave the emerald grass untrampled a reward for what they gave they dream of those they left behind and know they dream of them forever in those poppy fields there walks one thousand men Joshua Dyer 2019 (aged 14) Goes to show that the young can still surprise us. Lest we forget

Wise words. (via Powells Books, Inc.)

Dont forget about the Photography contest at the Rumsey Garden show this coming Wednesday, Aug 28. Enter one photo per category, each category represents a month of the year as I build the community calendar from the winning selections. The photos must be 5"X 7" and taken from the local Rumsey/Rowley area. Come and join in the fun, bring your photos, your flowers, your garden product, have supper, its all good!

Well be completely "booked." https://bit.ly/2KkW8XB

I love english!

This could be of interest to you and your family, take a look. The recording of the May 22 RISE session Unschooling 101 is now available on the Marigold YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/ULd1TceURbM

Give this a try!