In Memory of: Douglas Rosoff

In Memory of Douglas Rosoff

9 September 1955 -  24 August 2012

DIRGE WITHOUT MUSIC

I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind:
Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. Crowned
With lilies and with laurel they go; but I am not resigned.

Lovers and thinkers, into the earth with you.
Be one with the dull, the indiscriminate dust.
A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew,
A formula, a phrase remains,—but the best is lost.

The answers quick and keen, the honest look,

 the laughter, the love,—
They are gone. They are gone to feed the roses. Elegant and curled
Is the blossom. Fragrant is the blossom. I know.
 But I do not approve.
More precious was the light in your eyes
than all the roses in the world.

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind;
Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave.
I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Treasures from the Basement

The Mendocino County Library is pleased to announce a new series on What We're Reading: “Treasures from the Basement.” 

Did you know that the Ukiah library has more books than you see on the shelves? In fact, we have an entire basement full of interesting, unique books you can take home. We’ll be highlighting some of these books with regular posts about fun finds from the basement.*

*Books in the basement are listed as being in the “closed stacks” collection in our catalog. Just ask someone on staff, and we can fetch it for you!

 

Media & Democracy

Part of our ongoing series: SEARCHING FOR DEMOCRACY

Media & Democracy

"Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." --     Bernard Berenson, Notebook, 1892

  Wednesday, August 22^nd 6:00pm.  Ukiah Library

Please join us in a discourse about media & democracy. 

Annie Esposito          The Mendocino Country Independent

KC Meadows              The Ukiah Daily Journal

Mary Aigner                KZYX : Mendocino County Public Broadcasting

 

John Coate                 KZYX : Mendocino County Public Broadcasting

Sponsored by the Mendocino County Library.
 This program is part of a grant from Cal Humanities, “Searching for democracy”,
 California READS and in partnership with California Center for the Book