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Did you know that January is National Soup Month? The Quincy Public Library has a display up for it in the AV area, with some fun books featuring soups of all sorts of varieties & cookbooks to collect recipes and/or inspiration from.

On December 10, 2025, popular author Sophie Kinsella passed away.

Rough week in music, as both D'Angelo and Ace Frehley have passed away.

Diane Keaton was born as Diane Hall on January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California. Her mother won the Mrs. Los Angeles pageant & the theatricality of the event inspired her first desires to become an actress & ultimately the desire to work on stage.

The sting of 2025 continues.

Robert Redford was born August 18, 1936. During his formative years, he spent a good amount of time visiting family in Texas - time & space to which he attributed his interest in & desire to take care of the environment.

The Trail of Tears was just one of several moments of displacement & removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands and is commemorated on September 16th.

A slightly delayed Memorial Monday but there are a few passings of note. Graham Greene (the actor), designer Giorgio Armani, & Katharine, Duchess of Kent.

A couple of big names from the arts have passed away - Greg Iles & Terence Stamp. They aren't names you would naturally put together. One is American, while the other is British. One is an actor & one is an author. But both made large contributions to their fields.

Last week was definitely one where things came in threes. Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Ozzy Osbourne, & Hulk Hogan all passed away within the span of just a few days.

Did you know that July is Anti-Boredom Month? Kind of perfect for the middle of summer!!