Summer Haiku

Take off your glasses.
Summer magic! Nectar
turn into peaches.

Get your groceries at the library

This NPR story tells of an idea so brilliant it staggers me. In neighborhoods of Baltimore where there are no grocery stores nearby ("food deserts") the city library is filling the gap. Patrons can order their food in the branch library and a supermarket delivers it to the branch the next day. Each order means a family member visits the library twice - often with kids - and I'll bet they become dedicated fans. Talk about thinking outside the box!

The project is paid for by a $60,000 stimulus grant.

Summer Haiku

Fruit in my garden
Growing strangely incomplete.
Where are the stickers?

photo by mustangaly911

Digester's Reader

A Clockwork Orange edible book
Originally uploaded by Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

This is a new one on me. Some libraries have been having Edible Book contests. For example, this is A CLOCKWORK ORANGE by
Jeanne Mithen, from the 2007 contest atTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library.

I discovered this when I came across the 2009 contest at Staley Library of Millikin University. I can't copy their pictures here easily but go look at them, especially Eric McKinney's little masterpiece.