Sandy Bryant - FoL Volunteer

Five years ago, my husband Ray and I decided to retire and leave California, where we had lived for years. We were heading to a quiet life on a farm in Arkansas when our oldest son suggested we might like lake life instead and to look at Granbury. We did look. Coming from the “big city life”, this was just what we wanted and stayed. Ray and I have raised 5 boys between us and are proud grandparents of six. While most of our family still lives in California, we are working on them to come to Texas.

We had many interests to take into retirement.  I’ve been interested in calligraphy since working with the 1984 Olympics as a calligrapher. Other of my interests include Chinese brush painting, quilting, cross stitch, and working jigsaw puzzles.  Ray enjoys motorcycles and building hot rods.  Together we have kept some unusual animals, such as tarantulas, ferrets, falcons and hawks, a couple of Great Danes, and were beekeepers for seven years.  Since moving to Granbury, we enjoy the simple life, he with his “classic” motorcycles and me with my puzzles and quilting.

I got involved with the Friends of the Library for Hood County three years ago. I started with a book sale, just lending a hand. Then I found myself organizing books for the children’s section and now I’ve added sections for textbooks and home schooling. I met and became friends with Sandra Tarver, another volunteer who works with “collectibles” and the Wagon Wednesday Book Sale books, so I now help out with those tasks, as well. I also volunteer in the Library, helping Assistant Librarian Samantha Smith with Interlibrary loans and Cataloger Cindy Lincoln with maintenance of books yet to be shelved.

Why do I enjoy FoL volunteering so much?  Not just because I love books, but because I love people and being a part of something special: reading and being involved in helping others who love reading as much as I do!