http://the236diner.com/2008/01/24/placemaking-a-library-as-a-third-place/ Life in South Berwick, Maine Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://the236diner.com/2008/01/24/placemaking-a-library-as-a-third-place/#comment-12 MaryLouB Fri, 25 Jan 2008 05:12:07 +0000 http://the236diner.com/2008/01/24/placemaking-a-library-as-a-third-place/#comment-12 thanks for this posting, Molly. Simply by expressing this as a possibility in a place such as this blog so that others can begin to think about and respond to it and expand upon it is the first step to being intentional. You have me thinking about the idea of third places and of making OUR library such a PLACE. I look forward to the input of others and to being a part of the process. So many of us long for a greater sense of community and this gives us a focus -- what a potential for community building (that's so much more than finding a building). We can be co- creators of our own third place, making our library so much more than a space which houses books, as lovely as that is. What a gift for the next seven generations. Makes me think of my reaction to the theme song of CHeers when I first heard it years ago. It resonated with that longing in all of us ... I am visioning already and ready to sit down with others in a circle of belonging that grounds us in this place we call home ... thanks for this posting, Molly. Simply by expressing this as a possibility in a place such as this blog so that others can begin to think about and respond to it and expand upon it is the first step to being intentional. You have me thinking about the idea of third places and of making OUR library such a PLACE. I look forward to the input of others and to being a part of the process. So many of us long for a greater sense of community and this gives us a focus — what a potential for community building (that’s so much more than finding a building). We can be co- creators of our own third place, making our library so much more than a space which houses books, as lovely as that is. What a gift for the next seven generations. Makes me think of my reaction to the theme song of CHeers when I first heard it years ago. It resonated with that longing in all of us … I am visioning already and ready to sit down with others in a circle of belonging that grounds us in this place we call home …

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