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I mentioned the other day that someone had sawn off and toppled this Little Free Library, but that it's back in place, repaired and painted.

Missed this earlier, but Pepper pointed out the inscription underneath.

At Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis.

#repair #MeaningfulLabor #LittleFreeLibraries #Minneapolis

Inscription on the structure holding up the blue box of books:

Astra J. Everett H. Henry D & Henry F '25.

Several months ago someone sawed off this Little Free Library, on the grounds of Maria Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis.

It's back, repaired and repainted, with a nice new logo on the side.

Wikipedia: Maria Louise Sanford (December 19, 1836 – April 21, 1920) was an American educator. She was a professor of history at Swarthmore College from 1871 to 1880 and a professor of rhetoric and elocution at the University of Minnesota from 1880 to 1909. …

Sanford was also a leader in the conservation and beautification program of her new state, including work with clubwoman Florence Elfelt Bramhall towards creating a forest preserve which became part of the Chippewa National Forest. U.S. Forest Service chief Gifford Pinchot later stated that "without the farsighted and patriotic support of the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs, it would have been impossible" to provide this wilderness conservation in Minnesota. …

Her death was headlined in Minneapolis Tribune and other newspapers. Sanford was called "the best loved woman of the North Star State."
—https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Sanford

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #FamousWomen #PublicSchools #LittleFreeLibraries #educators

I stumbled upon a handful of little free libraries or "ruilbibs" (swap libraries) in just 9 days in between the Anarchist Bookfair and a Lavender Witch mini-tour. Here are most of them (another one I saw from my band mate's car while we drove through a french village and I wasn't fast enough to take a picture). See my blogpost "a week in the life of a zinester": https://echopublishing.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/a-week-in-the-life-of-a-zinester-bookfair-little-free-libraries-lavender-witch-mini-tour/

#littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries #ruilbib #minilibrary

An old clock painted yellow and repurposed as a free little library in front of a house with a bookbinding workplace. Text says: "I heart little free libraries".

A, orange and blue little free library in the shape of a little house on the pavement. It looks messy with CDs, trash, but also some books in its shelves.

An old red telephone box repurposed as a little free library in the centre of the french city Verdun.

White shelves with 3 books and lots of empty space and the blue sign "enjoy a book" on top of it. It's inside a train station. The same little free library design can be found in lots of train station halls in Belgium.

Outside of a dog, a book is Man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

#LittleFreeLibraries #DogsOfMastodon #Minneapolis

Pepper, the borrowed Australian kelpie belonging to some friends, looks longingly up at a Little Free Library where a sign is posted referring to the possibility of dog treats inside.

Photo taken Thu, 20 March 2025.

It'll be a nice day for walking the dog after a little light rain overnight.

45℉ in Minneapolis; light NE winds; mostly cloudy skies; visibility ten miles at the airport.

And tomorrow's Friday.

National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
600 AM CDT Thu Mar 27 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

- 30+ degree temperature spread from north to south Friday afternoon. Highs will range between the 40s in central Minnesota to the mid 80s in southern Minnesota.

#mnwx #hinterlandia #LittleFreeLibraries

Sign taped to the glass door of a Little Free Library in Minneapolis:

Neighborhood Dogs:

Because my dog treat container keeps getting stolen, I'm going to try putting the treats in my Little Free Library. Hopefully you find these treats!

I was delighted to find this book in my neighbourhood little free library. I left it there because maybe someone needs it, and I'd just keep it as a novelty and probably never read it, but I love knowing that this kind of book exists. #LittleFreeLibraries

I'm holding a yellow paperback book entitled "How To Sharpen Pencils: A Practical and Theoretical Treatise on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening" by David Rees. In the background, there's a little free library. It is a metal and plexiglass house.

Are you an introvert but still want to make a difference?

Do you like talking to persons but hate talking to people?

Do you want to join community but hate the idea of meeting with community?

Here's a fun thing to do:
- Print zines (little how-to and educational pamphlets).
- Put zines in little free libraries!

Here's a place to download zines for free: https://www.sproutdistro.com

Edit: Adding @CrimethInc as well: https://crimethinc.com/library

Here's a how-to on how to make and put together zines (cheers @susankayequinn )
https://susankayequinn.com/how-to-write-solarpunk-zine

Here's a place to find all the little free libraries in your neighborhood: https://littlefreelibrary.org/map/

Here's the FAQ from Little Free Libraries regarding donating any books or material that may be considered controversial (dive in and read their take on Banned Books! Oooooh!): https://littlefreelibrary.org/faqs/#45820

Do you have any other sources for zines that you like? Post them below.

#solarPunk #mutualAid #libraries #littleFreeLibraries

Little Free Library: Celebrating 200k Little Free Libraries. ” The 200,000th Little Free Library book-sharing box will launch in March 2025. To celebrate this milestone, LFL is throwing a party and granting 200 Little Free Libraries to Title I elementary schools.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/03/little-free-library-celebrating-200k-little-free-libraries/

Little Free Library: The kids got to decorate this one
#Photography #OurNeighborhood #MapleLeafNeighborhood #SeattleWashington #LittleFreeLibraries

A standard Little Free Library box is painted a bright blue and has a couple of scenes obviously painted by small children: on one side is a red house under a bright yellow dandelion sun in a blue sky, on the other side is a yellow flower in grass under a yellow sun

@HamonWry
You should check out this Little Free Library in my neighborhood. It may interest you.
#Minneapolis #MNastodon #MPLS
#books #reading #BannedBooksAreTheBestBooks
#BannedBooks #FreeLittleLibrary #FreeLittleLibraries #LittleFreeLibrary ##LittleFreeLibraries

A poster on the side of a Little Free Library that reads: Let Freedom Read
This Little Free Library shares banned books.

The 🐒 and I drove around checking out a few local #littlefreelibraries, we ended up swapping with 3.

A nice little adventure and bit of research before launching our own. 🚀 📚

#LFL #books

This country's radical #ChristianNationalists and #evangelicals' misplaced self-righteousness is oozing into secular society, crossing over from church to state.
Their faith lies in their private places of worship, nowhere else. Their demands have no business dictating private citizens' #LittleFreeLibraries or anything else.

https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2024/10/04/book-ban-little-free-libraries-utah

A new Little Free Library opens in the Maple Leaf Neighborhood! That copper piping is a clever little gutter to help keep the water away from the doors. The builder is a local contractor. The calligrapher owns a small business preparing gift packages. Sophia Grigor Lunas is a budding poet. Text in ALT.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #LittleFreeLibraries

The Little Free Library box in this photo set is built of cedar painted white. The double door has elegant black cabinet handles. The roof is made of nice bare cedar boards. There is a copper pipe gutter running along the top front of the building, with a downspout on the left. A poem by a young person is taped on the left panel. It reads: Sand on the sea-shore, starfish singing--Wonderful waves, wonder is wanting—Calm clams, climing in the sun—Two more things and then will be done---seahorses sliding thru the silinte sea---halabits happy as can be! The Sea, by Sophia Grigor Lunas.

Inside the library is little note by the builders, in fine calligraphy: “Welcome neighbors to our Little Free Library! We have enjoyed other neighborhood Little Free Libraries here in Maple Leaf, so we decided to build our own to add to this wonderful community exchange,
I also wanted to share my love of poetry & calligraphy. If the poem or saying speaks to you, please take a copy. (signed by the builder and calligrapher)”

The other side panel has a poem, Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver, read by her in this YouTube video
https://youtu.be/1IiylWR2orE&?si=aN8cBNl_eqk-xtVp

Oh, I love this idea! It's awesome that Little Free Library is bringing more attention to the issue.
#ReadBannedBooks
#LittleFreeLibraries
#AmReading

https://littlefreelibrary.org/2024/09/book-ban-hotspots-and-nearby-little-free-libraries-shown-on-new-interactive-map/

9 Investigates: #Racist, #antisemitic #books found in #Charlotte’s ‘#LittleFreeLibraries’

“#Hate has no place in the Little Free #Library #community.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #NorthCarolina #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Nazis #RepublicanParty #AntiSemitism #Homophobia #Misogyny #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/9-investigates-racist-antisemitic-books-found-charlottes-little-free-libraries/7INFM2CM3NA3VGXPP43K455AHQ/

If (like me) you're getting a little burned out of "that same certain news story" and all the misinformation running rampant on social media right now, it's a good idea to take a break.

Here are some suggested pleasant, positive accounts & hashtags to enjoy (even though it's not #FollowFriday ), in no particular order and on a variety of topics:

#SilentSunday
#ThreeGoodThings
#HashtagGames
#DogsOfMastodon
#Caturday
#FediArt
#StreetArt
#Design
#Photography
#Wildlife
#Songbirds
#Butterflies / #Beescrolling
#Bloomscrolling
#FlowerFriday
#Mosstodon / #LichenSubscribe
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#TextureTuesday
#JukeboxFridayNight
#FoliageFriday
#LittleFreeLibraries / #Little_Free_Library
#Bicycles / #Bicycling / #BikeTooter
#Travel
#Staircases (really!)
#Architecture
#FensterFreitag / #WindowFriday
#JohnMastodon
#DadJokes / #Humor / #Puns
#HootinTootinTuesday

@proofofearth
@HourlyRedPandas
@nasa_bot
@paulisci
@beecycling

The Law of Birthdays is a very smart book about free will and the importance of respecting other people’s choices. Using a simple example of a cake, Brenna Jeanneret illustrates how other people feel when their choice is taken away from them. It is a funny and tender story and the illustrations are truly beautiful.

#picturebook #kidlit #book #littlefreelibrary #littlefreelibraries #cake #cardinalpress #bookstodon @bookstodon @kidlit

Day 12 #30DaysOfBiking: Rode home via Wayside Vegan Cafe in downtown Olympia, where I stopped for some delicious takeout.
Day 13: A quick helmet-free jaunt to the nearest Little Free Library to drop off a couple of books. Love this one; it's called Barbara's Book Barn and it's on my route to Squaxin Park. Breeze in my hair was awesome too.
#BikeTooter #LittleFreeLibraries #books #BikeHappy #BikeOLY #BikeEverywhere

#LittleFreeLibraries

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