Little Free Library

I can't remember for how long Verónica had wanted a Little Free Library but I think it had been since we moved here in 2009. Via a little publish shaming of myself for not building one in all that time, our friend Carrie created a Kickstarter campaign for Verónica's birthday so that her friends, family, and neighbors could all participate. Once funded we ordered the library and waited for delivery. It came in time to be installed while my father and his wife were visiting from Rhode Island so after building a support stand, I set it in concrete during a little celebration. Now you can find it at the corner of 57th Street and Genoa Street in Oakland.

La familia Martínez Williams

 The first book to go in was Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude from which we chose our daughter's name, Úrsula.