A new year begins at the Belmont Library January 06, 2021BELMONT — We here at the Belmont Library are trying something a little different for storytime this winter. There's a month long themed display- January's is snow—take one or two books and a craft/STEM kit. Wednesday mornings we'll post a short video (roughly two minutes) on the library's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. January's Take and Make project is a faux agate coaster set. You can also choose to create your own snowstorm with instructions to create your unique snowflakes from library-supplied paper. The non-fiction book group reads "One Day: the Extraordinary Story of an Ordinary 24 Hours in America" by Gene Weingarten. On New Year's Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prizewinner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day—chosen completely at random—turned out to be Sunday, Dec. 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. The group will meet online on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 1 p.m. Ebooks and audiobooks are available through nh.overdrive.com with your library card; physical copies are available at the library. Contact the library for meeting information.