Much of success comes from being in the right place at the right time; the rest comes from publishing your results first. Barbee Library’s Life Long Learners program on “The History of DNA” illustrated this in this week’s installment, “The Double Helix Revealed,”...
In the spirit of Limerick Day, Wednesday, May 12, why not try writing one of your own? Crafting limericks is fun and challenging, very much like solving a verbal puzzle. Here are some basic guidelines for limericks: Limericks are short, rhythmic, rhyming poems that...
Thanks to The League of Women Voters of Lower Cape Fear, Harper Library’s two display cabinets are currently showcasing a wonderful photographic tribute to Moms and their service to their country. Moms who ran for public office, were appointed to public office, won...
This week, FOLSOI amateur archeologists Diana Fotinatos (past president, and current publicity committee chair) and Barbara Lemos (Roving Reporter) uncovered a treasure trove of ancient manuscripts dating back to the 1990s, the Dark Ages before the construction of...
There once was a man named Ed Lear Who wrote poems that would bring you to tears Not lovely nor eloquent But fun and irreverent We now celebrate limericks each year! National Limerick Day, held every year on May 12, pays homage to the man who made the short poems...
