Alternative Libraries

I just can’t resist.

As I mentioned a couple of years ago, we put up one of the “wee free library boxes” down at street level near our mailbox.

There are a number of them in our neighbor. Some seem to see a lot of book swapping; a number get filled with reading material it seems that no one wants.

And then there is this one!

which is cheerfully painted and several blocks up Euclid from our house. *

 

(* we didn’t have a dog along and no books were taken)

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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One Response to Alternative Libraries

  1. Cat says:

    We have two I know of in this district. I always try to put something in before taking something out.
    Sometimes you can find real treasure. Last week I found a knitting book a friend has been wanting for several years. I posted it off today and put another in its place. This afternoon that had gone too. I wonder if I should add that plastic acrylic yarn someone left here too and say “pet blanket”?????

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