Join our friends from Heart and Mind Equine for a movie screening of the documentary, Sensitive: The Untold Story, followed by a discussion.
In 1991, Dr. Aron made a breakthrough discovery: an innate trait of high sensitivity. Since then, her international bestseller The Highly Sensitive Person has been translated into 18 languages and her research is published in top-tier peer reviewed journals such as The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Brain and Behavior, as well as replicated and extended by other scientists, who are interviewed in the film. There are now fMRI and genetic studies on the subject. Dr. Aron found that not only 1 in 5 people are highly sensitive, but the trait occurs in the same percentage in over 100 other species.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.
On November 1st, 2019 participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.
Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.
Not required, but if you want, you can sign up for the Marin, California, USA group here.
Read more about how it all works here.
On Saturdays, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 participants will gather in the library’s meeting room to meet and work with fellow Marin NaNoWriMo writers.
This group will be facilitated by Senior Library Assistant, Joan Peck.
Feel free to come prepared to share your writing experience and/or a paragraph or a page from your novel that you are particularly proud of. But, don’t worry, there won’t be any critiquing!
For families with kids ages 6 and older. There will be a break for lunch (bring your own lunch)
It is often difficult to visualize and comprehend how our ancestors lived. Hands-on participation in the creation of items using ancient technologies brings the whole topic to life and gives the participants a base upon which to build an understanding of where we come from. Come and learn string, bead, and rope making. Play catch, rope and dice games! Gain insights into just how much creativity and intelligence was required to survive in ancient times.
Come meet picture book and graphic novel author Ian Lendler, creator of The Absolutely, Positively No Princesses Book, One Day A Dot, Little Sid, Saturday, and The Stratford Zoo Midnight Review Presents series. Mr. Lendler will talk about his books, how to collaborate with an illustrator, and how to think “graphically” when creating a story.
Learn how to draw in the style of Japanese cartoons known as anime with artist Carlos Nieto. He will teach you how to create your own character step by step, including facial expressions and poses. Visiting from SoCal, Carlos has worked as a layout artist on The Simpsons, as well as visual consultant at Disney. He currently works with children and families as artist in residence at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
For youth in grades 6-12. No registration necessary!
Not sure about clicking that link, or opening that email attachment? How do I know if I got “hacked?” Frustrated with passwords? Unclear about securing your phone or computer? Learn the “street smarts” of email and web browsing. Create strong, easy to remember passwords. Take simple steps to protect your money and personal data. Brian O’Donnell is a local retired software engineer and one of our library volunteers. He meets one-on-one with patrons as a computer tutor.
We’ll go over how to download free ebooks, eaudiobooks, TV shows, movies, music, and magazines using free library Apps. If there’s time, we’ll learn about other digital resources, free with your library card.
Tips for Parents Whose Teens Keep Everything Inside.
You’d feel so much better if you knew what your teenager was up to.
Raising kids is hard. Raising teenagers is harder! I frequently hear from parents how difficult it is when their teenagers don’t talk to them. These parents would love to help out their kids but just don’t know how to get their kids to open up in any meaningful way. It’s not their fault.
Come spend an evening with Maria Arieta, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, to learn why it’s so difficult to communicate with your teenagers and what you can do to get them to open up to you. Leave knowing how to feel confident that you know what to do next time your teen shuts you out.
RSVP is requested but not required: drarieta@gmail.com
The Next Chapter: Retirement
Each month we invite speakers to come and share their expertise on issues around retirement, health and wellness, Medicare, social security, online security, brain fitness, personal finance, and a myriad of other interesting topics. Drop-in, no registration.
Shark Attack and Other Mishaps, with Peller Marion
“I am going to die!” That was my first thought when the 18 foot, three thousand pound tiger shark attacked me in the waters of Maui. Being savaged and nearly killed by a shark was an adventure I never saw coming, and was one that forced me to discover reserves of strength and courage that I never knew I had.”
One out of ninety-eight million people are attacked by a shark. The author was one of them.
In early May of 2007, Peller Marion was savaged and nearly killed by an eighteen-foot, three-thousand-pound tiger shark in the waters off Kihei, Maui. After it occurred, this shark attack was a human-interest story that generated national and international attention and played out publicly on television and in newspapers. But her recovery, both physical and emotional, has been a very private process–one she chronicles in Shark Attack and Other Mishaps.
This is a story about how she survived, the ordeal she went through, and how it revealed other life changing events.
The opening narrative, from which the title is taken, establishes the central preoccupations: the difficulty of recognizing one’s mortality, the yearning to make sense out of the puzzle pieces of one’s life, and the poignancy and yearnings of a long-time marriage.
Peller’s past includes climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, racing motorcycles, and working as a Gestalt Art Therapist. She is the author of several books, including Crisis Proof Your Career, Career Tune Up, and the novels Searching for the G Spot and Shopping Lessons.
Dr. Peller Marion is a corporate psychologist in San Francisco. She specializes in guiding executives through personal and professional transitions and corporate teams through difficult real-time leadership issues.
Saturday, September 28, 11:00am – 3:30pm
Come meet picture book and graphic novel author Ian Lendler, creator of The Absolutely, Positively No Princesses Book, One Day A Dot, Little Sid, Saturday, and The Stratford Zoo Midnight Review Presents series. Mr. Lendler will talk about his books, how to collaborate with an illustrator, and how to think “graphically” when creating a story.
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