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August 3, 2011 JMRL Blog

“Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.” — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

July 22, 2011 JMRL Blog

“My most important problem was destroying the lines of demarcation that separates what seems real from what seems fantastic” – Gabriel Garcia Marquez

July 18, 2011 JMRL Blog

The Blue Ridge Parkway turns 75

June 28, 2011 JMRL Blog

More Travel Resources

June 21, 2011 JMRL Blog

Travel Planning Resouces at JMRL

June 16, 2011 JMRL Blog

“You decide for yourself when it will hurt.” — Per Petterson (Out Stealing Horses)

June 8, 2011 JMRL Blog

“I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can’t see from the center.” Kurt Vonnegut

June 3, 2011 JMRL Blog

Pitchers, like poets, are born not made. -Cy Young

May 26, 2011 JMRL Blog

Public LIbrary Project – Winneba, Charlottesville’s Sister City in Ghana

May 20, 2011 JMRL Blog

“The rags of obedience, servility, reverential awe dropped in a belt around him.” Thomas Wolfe in Chapter 17

May 19, 2011 JMRL Blog

Defining Libraries

May 12, 2011 JMRL Blog

“There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.” Graham Greene, “The Power and the Glory”

May 9, 2011 JMRL Blog

Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint. CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS, “Terrorism: Notes Toward a Definition”