First of all, I wish everyone a thoughtful Martin Luther King birthday. We all truly need to think about the direction we are going with race relations. We can do so much when all of us work together with respect for all.

Pat Hodapp is at it again. The author of the Santa Fe Bucket List book and Director of the Santa Fe Library has lined up a number of speaking engagements this spring. Some are for members only, but the one on April 23, 2017, at 11am in Collected Works in Santa Fe is about the state of the Santa Fe Library with budget cuts all around. Pat will be happy to sign copies of her Bucket List book afterward. The talk is open to the public and is free to attend.

I have to be honest. The Santa Fe Bucket List book was our highest selling book in 2016. So that makes Pat a rockstar in our eyes.

The future of all libraries is a serious topic and all people should be aware of what budget cuts mean.

Barbe Awalt