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EXCLUSIVE Little Free Library Mystery: Did Marco Rubio (or staff) drop a signed Larry Csonka book at a LFL near the Cotco?!? Maybe

Published June 12, 2025 at 1:45PM

“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…)

#this town

Look What I Found on a Little Free Library!!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published May 9, 2025 at 9:00AM

Yo! Stained glass books: (more…)

#Awesome

Little Free Library Reaches 5,000 Books Borrowed!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published May 2, 2025 at 9:30AM

Thanks to Jim for sending this Little Free Library awesomeness from Logan Circle. Though I do wonder how they keep count… (more…)

Happy Spring Break, Passover, Easter and anything else you’re celebrating next week!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 11, 2025 at 3:45PM

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!

Notes from your Neighbors: “Don’t Become a Sociopath.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published April 8, 2025 at 9:25AM

Thanks to Erin for sending from NoMa:

“ATTENTION BOOK SELLERS

These books are for everyone to take and READ. If you are going to take these books and try to sell them, good luck. BUT DO NOT THROW AWAY THE BOOKS YOU CANNOT SELL. (more…)

“The Mt. Pleasant Library will be closed until Monday, June 23, 2025 for much-needed repairs and improvements.”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 14, 2025 at 2:30PM

3160 16th Street, NW

Thanks to Paul for sending: “Mt. P. Library temporarily closed!”

From the DC Public Library: (more…)

OH MY GOD – A Little Free Blockbuster!! YES!

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 6, 2025 at 10:25AM

And just like that my faith in humanity is restored. Thanks to Nora for sending this awesomeness from Logan Circle. Have a look inside where it GETS EVEN BETTER: (more…)

A Heart Crushing Little Free Library Find (Vol. 12)

By Prince Of Petworth

Published March 5, 2025 at 11:15AM

“Dear PoPville,

I was a bit puzzled as to why they’d be there, then it dawned on me that these were the government badge holders for someone who had been let go during The Purge.

Sad comment on the state of government employment in DC these days.”

If you should find something of note/unusual in a little free library, please snap a photo and send it to my email at [email protected] and please let me know what neighborhood it’s from. Thanks! Look what I found in a Little Free Library is made possible by a generous grant from the Ben and Sylvia Gardner foundation.

#signs of the times

“Doggo Library – Take or Drop a Ball”

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 25, 2025 at 9:00AM

Thanks to David for sharing: “Sometimes the little things are THE things.”

Reminds me of those stick libraries. Love it.

#signs of the times

LFL PSA: Look What I Found in a Little Free Library Vol. 11 – C’mon now

By Prince Of Petworth

Published February 14, 2025 at 3:15PM

Licorice spice tea? Oh hell no. This is a little free library – not a receptacle for your vile tea flavors that nobody in the right mind would want to drink. (more…)

#PSA