Library Exercise

I don’t have a library story. But I do have a fun library exercise.

It’s also the perfect remedy for boredom. Give it a try.

Walk into a library – grab a piece of scrap paper and tear it into ten pieces. Number the pieces 0 through 9. Shuffle them. Pick 3 or 4 numbers – for example: 739.

Now simply walk to section 739 in your library and read something from that section. No cheating – you have to stick to that section.

You don’t even have to read an entire book. Sometimes it’s enough to just browse a section you’ve never visited.You never know – it may lead you to discover your next passion.

It works for me – that’s how I got interested in collecting 15^th Century western Italian butterfly milk containers decorated with rare peasant poetry translated into Pig-Latin.

-Gene Barretta, Local Author