journey to a little red free library.

A story in 13 parts.

1. I’ve wanted to put up a Little Free Library for a few years, but we just never got around to it.

2. I saw a little red schoolhouse for sale in Wisconsin that had been turned into a house.

3. I fell desperately in love with that schoolhouse.

4. I started checking the weather in Wisconsin daily and realized I might not be well suited for cold.

5. I kept looking at that little red schoolhouse until I realized the parts of it I loved: The color and the lines.

6. I figured out it would be cheaper to build a tiny version of it from scrap lumber we had in our garage than it would be to buy the one in Wisconsin and move there and buy winter coats for everyone. (Note: this was an important step).

7. John saw the glint in my eyeball and went to Habitat for Humanity and got an old kitchen cupboard for $10, and a piece of plexiglass.

8. I went to Sherwin Williams and got red paint.

9. He built it and I painted it.

10. He built a stand for it from scrap lumber and leveled it and poured cement around it. I have no idea how he did that, but I love him for it.

11. We filled it with good books.

12. I am happy.

13. I think we did a good job of capturing the essence of that little red schoolhouse in Wisconsin, don’t you?