From the rapport she has already developed with patrons of the Newton Public Library, you wouldn’t know that Nicole Lindstrom is still the new kid on the block. In a particularly humorous exchange with one such patron, the two traded quips with each other like old friends.

“Young lady, what planet are you from that you don’t know what ‘A Prairie Home Companion’ by Garrison Keillor is?” the man said jokingly to the Lindstrom.

And without missing a beat, she replied, “A younger planet.”