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Happy New Year everyone! While 2021 wasn’t necessarily the comeback year that we had all anticipated, we have great hopes for 2022. Here is a fun fact about January: did you know there are more than 100 national days this month? You can celebrate you ...
December brings many holidays, feasts and happenings! From St. Nicholas Day to the winter solstice, Hanukkah to New Year’s Eve, it’s a busy time of the year. We brace for the coming of winter and spend some time at the end of the year reflecting. The ...
Summer has once again flown by and cooler temperatures have arrived. We are fortunate to experience the changing of the seasons here in our area. Fall can be especially spectacular when Mother Nature provides us with her kaleidoscope of colors. Our o ...
September 22nd at 2:30 p.m. EST is the autumnal equinox which marks the end of our summer season and the beginning of autumn. The days are getting shorter and cooler. Children are going back to school, pumpkins and apples are harvested, and people ar ...
Dear Father Time, We would like to formally request the month of August to last a bit longer this year. Here in Connecticut, August is one of the best months of the year. It feels like life slows down, traffic isn’t as heavy, and while it might be ho ...
We’ve waited a while for summer to arrive and this July offers us so much to celebrate! We're getting ready to reunite with family and friends while connecting with the richness and beauty of the outdoors. What a joyful process it is to contemplate w ...
Hooray! The official start of summer is less than a week away! What a wonderful time of year to immerse yourself in a great book while taking a real or virtual road trip. As the world slowly reopens, we can savor the warmer weather, reunite with frie ...
Just as rain, air, and sunlight are the essential ingredients that feed spectacular May blooms, for so many of us, it is art, literature, and community that feed our souls. That is why we are so happy to welcome you back to Darien Library this spring ...