Books Still Bring Us Together

 



I've just carried in all the boxes of books from our 12th day of the Levenshulme Little Free Library. I can't believe it's stayed warm and dry for a dozen days in a row - here in Manchester! The whole thing so far has been lovely and life-affirming in so many ways. Just the simple thing of having little conversations with people we've not see for a while. People dropping by to drop off bag-loads of donations and to choose something new to read. Some of them complete strangers - but books, I think, always bring people together. Meeting new people is a wonderful novelty these days.

Company is something that we've all been starved of, throughout this year. And it looks like things aren't easing up any time soon. BUT as long as the decent weather holds, I'll keep putting out the Little Free Library, and if you're happening by, you're free to take away armfuls of books to spend time with. Keep them or pass them on. Keep the books moving in circulation. Stop by for a socially distanced chat! Books are never less than vital at any time... but with fewer libraries and more time at home, maybe they're even more important now.



No promises... but I *might* just have started my week by writing a small bit of a potentially Christmassy new story for Brenda and Effie... It might turn out to be nothing at all. But I wrote two scenes and... hmmm... just maybe...



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