Monday, October 23, 2023

Once you get away from the idea that a library needs to be a building, and look, well, traditional you can find all sorts of interesting takes on where to find books! I quite enjoyed seeing what folks came up with in Improbable Libraries: a Visual Journey to the World's Most Unusual Libraries, by Alex Johnson. (Although one in a tree bothered me ... think pitch ...) There was also a chapter on how they might be delivered, we've seen these before, but what fun! There are horses, donkeys, boats ... elephants ... hikers, of course ... I can see a time in the near future where drones are used, yes? A fun way to while away a rainy afternoon.

Another loan from Tall Reader was a sweet little book on the art of decluttering. Title is a translation of a Swedish term that basically means any clearing away of stuff whether from a death, down-sizing, a move, and so on, so don't let it put you off! The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, by Margareta Magnusson is easy to read, with no guilt suggestions for getting rid of stuff. Many of them I am already doing so I can tell you they work!

Reading Hermit With Dog

 

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