Masterpiece Theatre is America's longest running dramatic program.  Starting this Sunday, they will devote four months to dramatizations of all of Jane Austen's novels, as well as a film biography of the novelist's lost loves.  This is an unprecedented presentation of any author's work, but Jane Austen is acknowledged by scholars as the creator of the modern novel.  4 of the six film adaptations will be new to American audiences, and the best-known, "Pride & Prejudice" with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle has never been shown in the U. S.

Many of us make new years resolutions.  The idea is to change some things ourselves, or about their lives. Things like:

• Loose weight
• Get in shape
• Eat healthier
• Exercise more
• Learn how to use the computer

Many people break those resolutions by February.
Somewhere I heard that in order for something to become a habit you have to repeat it 21 times.  
So theoretically if we do some thing everyday for 3 weeks, it will be come a habit and become much easier to continue.

The Jane Austen Book Club meets this Monday, Jan. 7th from 6:00 pm til 8:00pm in the McIntyre Room, Carnegie building 244 W. Michigan Avenue.  Coffee, tea and cakes will be served in the best Regency tradition.  We have been reading "Emma" this month, but you can join us even if you haven't read the book.  We welcome all Jane Austen fans or those just curious about her popularity.  Join us for lively conversation by devoted fans of Miss Austen.

Jane Eyre on Masterpiece Theatre@ 

Don't forget Masterpiece Theatre this Sunday December 30th and continuing January 6th.  This adaptation, with Ruth Wilson as Jane and Toby Stephens as a very handsome Mr. Rochester, is my favorite of all the many Jane Eyre versions.  If you didn't catch it in September, try to make a point of watching it this Sunday on WKAR-TV.

The Computer Classes at JDL are very popular, especially the beginning and introduction classes. This month (December) we are offering some more advanced classes, one of which is how to create your own Blog web page.

The library has several books on creating blogs and web pages go to the Catalog and do a subject search for Web Pages

In case you do not know what a blog is- the word itself is a combination of web log. Entries are written in chronological order and usually placed in reverse chronological order.