A Day Out with an Author

 
Most of our work entails sitting in front of a laptop screen or walking around with a cell phone pressed to our head or, in my case, staring into space waiting for some bit of creative inspiration to light upon me. But once and awhile we’re out and about, as we were last week when we visited the Loudoun County Public Library to see George Ella Lyon, one of our clients, give a presentation and reading. Bobbie met George Ella a while back, but it was my first meeting. I’m such a huge fan of her work and wanted to just gush, but I felt I needed to maintain some facade of professional demeanor. Anyway, it quickly became a time among friends and book lovers. In between talks at two different branches we had lunch.
 
(most of George Ella’s books were checked out!)

 

George Ella’s presentation included slides, readings, and props (she’s an avid journaler & showed some of her journals) as well as a song. She has a lovely voice, strong & clear, and sang the lullaby that forms the text of her picture book Sleepsong. George Ella engaged the kids right away and I admired the way she was able to craft the presentation to interest the various ages present. The photos of her presentation turned out lousy but here’s one of the three of us; George Ella’s in the middle.

She told us she grew up in a house that had a library built by her grandfather. Doesn’t that sound wonderful?

The two branches we visited were both amazing pieces of architecture and design — one of reasons I love visiting libraries all over is to see the multitude of interior and exterior design and imagination. Here are some photos of the children’s area at the Rust branch. I’m a sucker for a nature motif.

 

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