Tag: memories
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On the Hippie Trail – Part I
For most of us, the word ‘hippie’ is associated with images from the 1960s-70s, of Westerners – long-haired white men and women – clad in semi-tattered psychedelic clothing, smoking weed, chilling out on the beaches of Goa, dancing to their own beat and generally not giving a damn. An article from the July 7, 1967…
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Vox Populi: Decline of the Library
In the age of the Internet, in a world where Google seems to have all the answers, do people still have library memberships? Do they still go to libraries? Is the library itself still widely accessible and as relevant as it was in the last century? Can their decline be stemmed? Can libraries be saved?…