To the Editor:
The first Ramsdell Sunday was a huge success. Thank you to everyone who made it possible: The Friends of the GB Libraries, my fellow Library Trustees and Selectboard members, and our hard-working Town Manager who pulled it all together.
And a special thank you to The Berkshire Edge and all the local press for helping us get the word out.
Nearly 60 people came to use the library, participate in a peer-led workshop on photography, watch a movie and mingle with friends. People talked, read quietly, shared newspapers and computers and did their homework.
This was the first of 11 Sundays (from 1-4 p.m.) our Housatonic library will be open. This Sunday, in honor of Martin Luther King, there will be a documentary about the music of the civil rights movement in addition to books, newspapers and conversation with your neighbors. We may also screen a few of Dr. King’s less known speeches.
I’m looking forward to 10 more warm, friendly winter Sundays in Housatonic.
Ed Abrahams
Great Barrington
The writer is a member of the Great Barrington Board of Library Trustees and of the Selectboard.
