Book-to-Movie: The Descendants

                  This week, we have a short and sweet guest post from Jeri T., a library patron and BARC participant. In order to fulfill the requirements of the “Be a Film Critic” BARC task, Jeri has written her thoughts on the film “The Descendants” and the book of … Continue reading →

Book-to-Movie: The Tale of Despereaux

                                          This week, we have a guest post from Kayla R., a library patron and BARC participant. In order to fulfill the requirements of the “Be a Film Critic” BARC task, Kayla has written her thoughts on the film “The Tale of Despereaux”  and the book of … Continue reading →

Talkin ‘Bout Tornadoes

It’s tornado season, a fact of which several cities neighboring Benbrook were unpleasantly reminded this past Wednesday night. While I ultimately wasn’t personally affected by the storms (my condolences and kind thoughts to those who were), I was near enough to the path of destruction to deem it necessary to take precautionary measures. My wife … Continue reading →

Texas: Hot in Temperature, Not So Much in Other Areas

  A few weeks ago, our library director brought our attention to a recently released report (alliteration to the max!) by the Texas Legislative Study Group entitled “Texas on the Brink.” The report, now on its sixth edition, details how Texas ranks relative to the other states in important categories such as education, health care, … Continue reading →