Ongoing
Make a Bookmark at the Library
All March long
The library will have bookmark making supplies available all month long. Get rid of the winter blahs and get your creative juices flowing by turning a simple, plain bookmark into a one-of-a-kind reading accessory! Craft one to mark your progress on your own reading journey and another as a surprise for a fellow book lover!
Writing Group
1st & 3rd Mondays 6:00-7:30pm
This group meets twice monthly. The first part of the get together focuses on generative writing through prompts, and the second part focuses on kind critique and supportive feedback of writings that members bring in. All writers of any experience level are welcome. If you’re curious, come check it out! Bring a journal or laptop, a warm drink, and your imagination.
Simplicity Circle
2nd Mondays, 6:00-7:30
Join us each month to chat about the things that really matter to us and the steps we’re taking – or planning to take – to make them happen. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
A Simplicity Circle is a welcoming space where we can explore, practice, and enjoy the benefits of voluntary simplicity. Together, we’ll reflect on ways to cultivate a less pressured, more intentional lifestyle, and we’ll focus on what truly matters: meaningful relationships, creative expression, a sense of “enough,” and the power of sharing.
The Sharon Health Initiative at Baxter Memorial Library
2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 2-3pm
The mission of the Sharon Health Initiative is to provide personal attention, assessment, advocacy & referral within the healthcare system, especially for our elders who need assistance aging in place. Every 2nd and 4th Wednesday from 2pm to 4pm, feel free to stop by and chat about what the Dena Wilkie, the Community Health Care Coordinator, can do for you! Questions? Email Dena at sharonhealthinitiative@gmail.com or give her a call at (802) 230-8458.
Story Time and Play Group
Thursdays 10:30-11:00
Baxter’s weekly toddler/preschooler story time and play group takes place Thursdays at 10:30am. Let your little one read stories with the librarian and explore the library before it opens to the public. Then, stick around for some play time! During the summer, each child attending Storytime can choose a brand new free book thanks to a Winnie Belle Learned Fund grant made possible by the Vermont Public Library Foundation.
Short Story Club
Anytime
No time for a book club? Baxter Memorial Library’s Short Story Club has your back. No novels. No meetings. Just great short stories.
The March/April selection is “The Dress” by Louise Erdrich:
“In every school, in that year, in the Midwest, there was a girl named Candy, whose blond or dark brown hair was naturally thick and long and curled under at the ends, a girl whose father was rich, whose mother shopped in dress shops that catered to girls of twelve, a girl with cuteness, school spirit. In every school there was a Candy whose bite was perfect, whose legs were shaven and bronzed from the summer sun, whose wrists were slung with expensive chains and tiny golden charms, and whose heart, the real one in her chest, was a small black lump of coal, hormonally ignited and burning hot.”
You can pick up copies of the story at the library, see what others thought of it in the SSC binder, and add your own reflections.
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