Books to Consider The Book, Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson was suggested as a subject for study during Black History Month, and indeed it depicts racism and strata of privilege as they have existed in many cultures through the ages and around the world. Whether referred to as royalty, aristocracy, gentry, colonists, the jet set,...
ACG Little Free Library Autumn 2021
Our LFL A column centering on the Altadena Community Garden’s Little Free Library Autumnal literature, though vastly varied, does tend sometimes toward the wistful departure, often a passing, and sometimes, with the return of Halloween, a bit of spooky foreboding. A few poems come to mind, one such being the one depicting the cursed...
The Little Free Library Book Malediction
Books are kept or returned and for some that's okay But to an LFL, this one would come back one day. It's been proven that those who stow this kind of books Make embarrassing burps that evoke dirty looks. Some are subject to irksome calamities too And suffer from spillage of ink and of...
A Bookcase on a Post
To be read on a train or aloud by a brook...
Deck Landscaping Project and Little Free Library
The Deck landscape project is proceeding apace and is expected to conclude before December. Little Free Library slab Kelly Fernandez, Chair of the Deck Landscaping Committee, explained that a new goal of increasing the percentage of native plants around the landscaping to 50% has been put in place thanks to the expertise of...