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If you suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder you are not alone.  Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that’s related to changes in seasons.  SAD typically begins and ends at about the same time every year.  Some symptoms include feeling depressed, losing interest in activities you once enjoyed and low energy, just to name a few.

To combat SAD, light therapy can be used.  Light Therapy, or spending time around SAD lamps may counteract the disorder.  The library has two lamps; one in the quiet reading room and another in the main library for patron use.  There are two additional lamps that can be checked out and taken home by using your library card.  Stop by the library today and see if a SAD lamp can help you.

Today is #GivingTuesday! It is a chance for you to support local non-profits and we hope you will consider us today! We have a link on our Facebook page or you can go to our website and click the blue ‘Donate’ button at the top of the page. Thank you for your kindness!!

Welcome to our newest book club! We’ll discuss a selected book while eating and enjoying specially curated food. The food featured and provided by a staff facilitator will relate to the book in some sense, whether it be linked to the geography of the book or a food item a character enjoys. Please notify staff in advance if you have and allergies or dietary needs.

Our next book discussion will focus on Let the Great World Spin: A Novel by Colum McCann and will be on Monday, December 16 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM at the Abington Community Library.

The January 27 Books & Bites group will discuss The Bookwoman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel by Kim Michele Richardson.

The February 17 Books & Bites group will discuss The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz.

‘Tis the season to reflect on all that we have and all that has happened this year. Snag one of these books, available in the Lackawanna County Library System, to read on the topic of thankfulness.

365 Thank Yous by John Kralik. One man’s goal of finding gratitude in his own life by appreciating others through thank you notes.

The Gift of Thanks by Margaret Visser. Inquiry into all aspects of gratitude including cultural history.

Gratitude by Oliver Sacks. A meditation on living life to the fullest in the face of death.

The Gratitude Diaries by Janice Kaplan. One person’s account of a year of living gratefully.

One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voscamp. A practical guide to living a life of joy.

The Little Book of Hygge by Meik Wiking. Tips on incorporating the Danish practice of Hygge into your daily life, including living in the moment and creating positive atmospheres.

We love the Libby app here at the Lackawanna County Library System because of how easy it makes it to check-out and download ebooks and audiobooks using your library card. If you’re not already using it, download it now to get reading!

Coming soon in 2020 is a new feature that enables users to suspend a hold even after it becomes available. If you place a hold and later, when you receive the notification that it’s available, decide you simply don’t have time to read it at that point in time, you will have the option to suspend the hold. This means that you won’t lose your place in line; the item will be passed to the next person and after the suspension period (that you get to set!), you will receive the next available item.

This option is always available when checking out physical materials at any of the libraries in the county, so we are so pleased it will be an option soon on Libby. Stay tuned for more information on that feature rolling out in 2020.

Announcing: a literary cruise to warm, sunny Bermuda in September of 2020! The Abington Community Library is pleased to present an exciting 5 day cruise to Bermuda happening next year. This all-inclusive trip will fulfill all your literary dreams. We’re offering a unique opportunity to join other readers in chatting about pre-selected books while on board with a library staff member facilitating. Don’t want to read but want to enjoy cruising? That’s great, too! There is no pressure on this trip. You set the pace, we do all the rest.

Join our Facebook group for more information! Prices start at $1,627! Email RRoberts@albright.org for more information and be sure to go to the Facebook group to learn more!

On Saturday, November 16, 1 PM: A presentation of a gift to the Abington Community Library from the Lackawanna Audubon Society will take place. The gift is in memory of Lois Jean Gallagher. For over 40 years, Lois Jean was a volunteer beginning at the store front (at the present site of Young Funeral Home parking lot), next stop was School Street, and then to the present location on the Morgan Highway. Over these years she assisted in many different tasks until her illness forced her from continuing. A long time member of the Lackawanna Audubon Society (the cookie baker), it was decided by the Board of Directors that this gift would be a permanent reminder of her two favorites after family and church … birding and library. It is with a grateful heart that we, at Abington Community Library, accept this gift and look forward to thanking The Gallagher Family in person. Please join us.