SPREAD THE WORDS
Even though it’s a solitary activity (or maybe because it is?), I love reading. Newspapers. Magazines—of course. And books. In a triumph of nerdiness, I boast to friends that I’ve visited the very first Little Free Library (LFL). It’s in Hudson, Wisconsin, just across the state line from my hometown. You’ve seen these roadside book shacks, right? Small wooden shelters stamped with “Take a book. Share a book” are everywhere. I can’t pass one without stopping to look for my next read. The design and construction are as important to me as the books inside. For the first LFL I made, I added a hand-cut and etched metal roof, plus a purple-trimmed door. Then, for a neighbor, I made one with a cool (I thought) side door shaped like an A, for…
