The Library

I recently discovered that our local Fernley library has their own blog.  It is nice, simple, and fun.  This discovery both excited and depressed me for a variety of reason.

The main thing is the excitement of finding news and events that are going on in the area, especially having to do with the local library.  The library is one of those places where deep in my heart I love as a bastion of free-thought and hope for the education of our younglings.  It is one of the last places that is not corrupted by advertising or money, but it exists purely for the betterment of us all.  I love the librarians that fight whenever governments want them to give out private reading information and habits.  They also fight whenever people want to take away the internet and other educational rights.  The librarian should be a hero to us all.

The reason that I am depressed is that I do not have a ton of faith in our local library, at least not yet.  Since moving to this area I have found that local community events as well as community groups are so closed and cliquish that it has excluded my family from doing much participation.  Here is an example:  When my wife was pregnant she went looking for a mother's group here locally.  She found one, "Fernley Mothers" that was advertised as a group for mother's and their children to meet, play, and just have adult conversations.  When my wife called them up trying to inquire they completely shut her out because we were not legally married and we were not Christian.  That is fine, it is their group, but do not advertise that you are for mothers if you are actually for "Legally Married Christian Mothers."

There have been other small incidents like this that cause me to become suspicious.  I am not judging, I am just tired of finding out that my family, a good and hard working family that loves film, reading, and public radio, are not allowed to play in the local reindeer games because we will not accept their same belief system.  It seems like anything else that people do around here revolves around the casinos/bars, which I cannot spend more than 20 minutes.  Maybe that is my problem overall.

Do not get me wrong, I will still try to take my little one down to the library with me and try to meet some nice people.  I think I am just overly jaded about it all.  Since moving to Nevada I have seen an entirely different world from home.  I am not saying this is bad, I made my peace with this area awhile ago and although there are a lot of problems, it is not a bad place.  It is just different. 

The library, which you can follow at this blog: http://fernleybranchlibrary.blogspot.com/,  is a great place that needs our love and attention.  Please take the time to subscribe to their feed and use them as a resource for knowledge and thought.