Thursday November 17th at 7:00 pm

Are You Talking to Me?
The Language of Cats & Dogs
with Dr. Michelle Posage

Have you ever wondered what your pet was trying to say to you? Dog and cats are talking to us all the time, but unfortunately their message often is lost in translation. Miscommunication leads to poor training, behavior problems like aggressive behavior, and fatal blows to the human-animal bond. This review of canine and feline communication will discuss how dogs an cats use scent, vocalization, and body language relate to each other and to us. Dr. Michelle Posage enjoys talking about dogs and cats almost as much as she loves being around them. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Michigan State University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology with concentrations in neurobiology and animal behavior, also from MSU. She teaches small animal behavior in the Applied Animal Science department at Thompson School and is a practicing veterinary behaviorist at the Animal Medical Center of New England where she accepts referrals from other veterinarians and animal professionals to treat serious behavior issues in dogs and cats. Dr. Posage has published her research on animal shelter adoptions in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and is a contributing author for the books, Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff and Mental Health and Well-being in Animals. Subscribers enjoy her monthly Pet Column in the Nashua Telegraph. Free and open to all.

Wednesday November 16th @ 7:00 pm

A Piano in Every Room with Rosamond van der Linde


Rosamond van der Linde co-founded a music school unlike any other, blending love of music, love of people and a passionate commitment to education, and community service. “A Piano In Every Room” tells the astonishing tale of a family living in 42-room house with 34 pianos. The story includes Rosamond’s victory over childhood polio, while her husband, Rein van der Linde, survived the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Their sheer courage created their destiny. Later, raising a remarkable musical family of seven pianists the parents shaped their own children’s lives, embraced their community, and grew into a cultural treasure for America, and friends around the world.

For close to forty years the entire family has been involved in teaching piano, building the music school, summer and adult camps all of which have been written up in books, magazines, The New York Times, Forbes Magazine, and profiled on PBS, New England Channel News, and CNN News. This has generated hundreds of questions as to how it all came about and how the van der Lindes did it. This book provides the answers by the founder herself. The story is about a dynamic family that created a music enterprise and thrived within it. The tale reveals a passion for piano, a delightful family story, and a unique learning experience.

Rosamond will make available for those who attend her readings to have an opportunity to participate in a free drawing for one of her new books “A Piano In Every Room”.

The event is free and open to the public.

Tablet decisions! Help is here...

Thinking about purchasing a tablet this holiday season but aren't sure which one to buy? Here are several helpful articles on the various tablets out there: Nook Tablet, Kindle Fire, iPad 2, or the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.

This article from mashable.com has a handy chart comparing the various tablets.

This article from geek.com covers just the Kindle Fire vs. the Nook Tablet.

Another comparison chart in this article from verge.com.

Many thanks to Bobbi Slossar, the NH State Library's Tech Goddess, for sharing these articles.

Genealogy Workshop Thursday Nov. 3rd

Thursday Nov. 3rd at 7:00 pm
An Introduction to Genealogy with Diane Gravel

Certified Genealogist Diane Gravel will teach effective methods of genealogical research. Having worked in the legal field for twenty years before becoming a full-time professional genealogist, Diane is no stranger to courthouse and government records. She has given lectures on a variety of topics for genealogical societies at the local, state and national level. She graduated with honors from the NGS home-study course, American Genealogy: A Basic Course. She also successfully completed courses in Military Records and Advanced Research and Methodology at the Institute for Genealogical and Historical Research (IGHR) at Samford University in Birmingham. She is also a graduate of the National Institute on Genealogical Research (NIGR). Diane is currently working on the "1790 Families Project" for the New Hampshire Society of Genealogists. If you’re new to genealogy or well into it and have questions about further research please join us! Free and open to all.

Wonderful Mystery in Scotland's Libraries

This is a rather wonderful story, sent to me by my sister, a librarian in Vermont. Take a few moments and read it here.