National Hot Buttered Rum Day “Hot Buttered Rum:  The perfect potion to chase winter’s chill, warming body and soul one spiced sip at a time.”

National Thesaurus Day “The man is not wholly evil – he has a Thesaurus in his cabin.”  J.M. Barrie

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.  Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

National Coffee Break Day "Smell the roses.  Smell the coffee.  Whatever it is that makes you happy."  Rita Moreno

National Hugging Day “He was one of those guys who’d pronounce I’m a hugger as he came at you, neglecting to ask if the feeling was mutual.”  Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl

Book Club will meet to discuss, "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig.

Library Shelfie Day “My brother and I were able to fantasize far more extravagantly about our parents’ tastes and desires, their aspirations and their vices, by scanning their bookcases than by snooping in their closet.  Their selves were on their shelves.”  Anne Fadiman, Ex Libris:  Confessions of a Common Reader

National Handwriting Day “I prefer the pen.  There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.”  James Robertson, The Testament of Gideon Mack