Little Libraries

An example of counter programming is when one station is broadcasting the Superbowl and a competing station runs “Mama Mia.”  

So today, instead of posting something about the bombs or Trump proclaiming he is a “nationalist,” (or was it “fascist”?), I will counter program.  I will write about Todd Bol, the guy who invented those little community libraries you see in many towns. 

 Mr. Bol, who had some extra lumber, built a small monument to his mom, who had been a school teacher.  He made a box that looked like a school, and in it he put some books which his neighbors were welcome to take, replacing them with other books.

This led to an organization called the “Little Free Library.”  Today there are more than 75,000 Little Free Library boxes in all 50 states and in 88 countries.  

Mr. Bol died earlier this week.  He was 62.  What a legacy.  What a wonderful man.