3617 Fessenden Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
We just installed a little free puzzle library in front of our home yesterday, and would love to let folks know. It is at 3617 Fessenden St NW (between Connecticut and Nebraska Ave NW).“
Little Free Library
Jackie wrote in and is getting her letter back this weekend:
“It was written by my paternal grandma (who just celebrated her 90th birthday). I cannot believe this letter was found! The person is incredible for going to these lengths to return it to me. I can’t believe I’m able to get this letter back. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
A couple years ago, I randomly took a copy of Ann Patchett’s “State of Wonder” out of a Little Free Library in NW. I have my favorites but I can’t be sure exactly which one, or exactly when this was. Probably in Mt. Pleasant or Columbia Heights, circa 2024. Today I flipped through for the first time and discovered this beautiful handwritten letter from a grandmother to her granddaughter, Jackie, dated August 23, 2003, tucked inside.
It says: (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
Our Little Free Library, which sits in front of the Alma Thomas House at 1530 15th St NW, has been featured a few times on PoPville, and we really appreciate the Logan Circle neighborhood’s enthusiasm for the library and for our curation efforts. What we don’t appreciate is the periodic vandalism. A few years ago, (more…)
photo by Adam Fagen
“Dear PoPville,
On Saturday morning, I put a book in the Little Free Library located in Bloomingdale where W Street NW runs into 2nd Street NW. Inside the book, I accidentally left a bookmark that holds great sentimental value to me – (more…)
photo by Fritz Myer
“Dear PoPville,
Wondering if the fine people of PoPville can help me out, I donked up pretty good with my partner about two months ago. Donated her high school copy of The Handmaid’s Tale to one of the little libraries in Mount Pleasant – any chance one of your readers reading this found and read it?? Her initials are JW and I’d be happy to replace her copy with one from Lost City Books ;-)”
If you have it please email me at [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with OP.
“Dear PoPville,
Someone dropped a copy of Larry Csonka’s memoir in our Little Free Library last week. For those not well versed in 1970s NFL he’s a very important football person who played for Miami.
We have a Dolphins fan in our extended family, so we grabbed it to take a look, and it turns out it was signed by the author! But we can’t quite tell who it’s addressed to.
Then we found a card tucked inside the pages with a picture of (what we now know to be) the Florida state capitol….weird, but ok. Opened the card, and it was a birthday note from 2023 to then-Senator Marco Rubio. And now clearly see the inscription in the book says “To Marco Rubio.” (more…)
Yo! Stained glass books: (more…)
Thanks to Jim for sending this Little Free Library awesomeness from Logan Circle. Though I do wonder how they keep count… (more…)
We will be posting on a limited schedule next week but will return to our normal pace on Monday, April 21st. Hoping everyone has a peaceful and memorable week. The beautiful life shall return and flourish.
Fear not, the random reader rant and/or revels shall be refreshed every morning!
Please continue to send me your tips, photos, questions, diatribes, recommendations and of course commendations via email at [email protected] or to our socials @PoPville. Thanks!