You never know the unintended consequences of installing a ‘Little Free Library.’ If you’ve never heard of this, it’s a tiny box shaped like a little birdhouse with books for the taking — no library card needed. Despite an annus horribilis we went through - or perhaps because of it - there seems to be an explosion of creativity. 

A library in schools is not as frequented as, say, the gym or football field. Even a vending machine gets more traffic than a bookshelf. But during these difficult days a Writers' Club began at Benjamin Franklin High School. Was it an outgrowth of the Library? Here's the background, with an interesting Benjamin Franklin parallel you may not have known.