My parents just visited for a week from Wisconsin. As usual, they work miracles outside at NOLD, helping me slowly tame our overgrown property. I am extremely grateful.
In addition, my father made and installed a Little Free Library for my family and neighborhood to enjoy. I am going to cherish this gift. Little Free Library is a nonprofit that promotes literacy and community through free book exchanges set up worldwide.
Now, anyone can take a book and leave a book right at the curb of NOLD. In fact, a neighbor e-mailed to say that her daughter had discovered our Little Free Library and had borrowed two books the very first day. I hadn't even spread the word yet.
I have always had a secret longing to own an independent bookstore, because I love reading, am a huge advocate for education, and have a desire to run a business one day. No matter -- right now, our Little Free Library makes me terribly happy and is satisfying my itch for such a venture.
I am sure this summer will include plenty of trips to our county library as well as our Little Free Library just down the hill. Here's to a summer full of fun and reading!
A few years ago in elementary school, my younger daughter wrote this poem:
READING
A few years ago in elementary school, my younger daughter wrote this poem:
Page by page
Words fly by
No pictures so I
Visualize
