Friends of the Library

Friends of the Library The Friends of the St. Anthony Library is a private, independent 501 (c)(3) organization with a mission to support the Hennepin County Library – St. Anthony.

It helps their library through book sales, volunteering, serving as ambassadors for the library, sponsoring author talks and children’s programming, and participating in any activities that serve the library.

11/20/2025
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11/20/2025

In Duluth, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.

11/20/2025

from “Postures of Devotion” by Kimberly Blaeser

11/20/2025

Today is World Philosophy Day so here’s a poem in celebration of that.

11/20/2025

For every woman who has ever been told to hush, behave, or be nice by small, scared, embarrassing men…

Your voice is not a problem.

Your awakening is not a threat.

You are allowed to say enough.

Call us whatever you want, because your labels never defined us anyway, but quiet isn’t on the menu anymore.

We’re awake now.

And baby, we’re done being small.

Enough.

This reads like bad satire. I wish it were but, alas, it’s just more name calling, rudimentary language skills, and boor...
11/19/2025

This reads like bad satire. I wish it were but, alas, it’s just more name calling, rudimentary language skills, and boorish behavior used to deflect.

The president grew frustrated with Mary Bruce of ABC News over her questions during his meeting with the Saudi crown prince. On Friday, he told a Bloomberg News reporter, “Quiet, piggy.”

11/19/2025

November always feels like the doorway into winter, not the coldest part, but the pause before. The trees are shedding what they no longer need, the nights draw in, and everything around us quiets.
This poem is a reminder that our bodies follow the same rhythm. You’re not falling behind. You’re simply shifting into the season’s slower stride. Early wintering is still wintering.
-Woodlarking.

11/17/2025

Franconia Minerals, a subsidiary of the company seeking to build an underground mine for copper and nickel outside Ely, wants to drill up to 19 more exploratory holes along Birch Lake, just outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

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The Friends of the St. Anthony Library is a private, independent organization with a mission to support the Hennepin County Library – St. Anthony. The St. Anthony Friends help their library through sponsoring library activities, holding book events, volunteering, and serving as ambassadors for the library.