{"id":1784,"date":"2009-09-14T22:28:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T03:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2009-09-14T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T03:28:15","slug":"my-d-c-free-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=1784","title":{"rendered":"my d.c.: free books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City dwellers know that one of the perks of urban living is the freebie sidewalk find. A lot of what you pass by is junk, but sometimes you come across real gems. For instance, I inherited my breadmaker after it didn&#8217;t sell at a tag sale and was left on the curb.<\/p>\n<p>People move with frequency in the city, and inevitably there are things that just won&#8217;t fit into the moving van or that you decide you can live without. And dragging them to the sidewalk is a whole lot easier than taking them out to the Goodwill in the surburbs.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes what they leave behind are books. Yes, books.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/3920920016\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3530\/3920920016_db88925005_d.jpg\" alt=\"Free book pile\" height=300 width=400 hspace=3 vspace=3 \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Book piles in a city, reflect its character. Usually what you find abandoned on the sidewalk in D.C. are policy wonk books. Want to know how Jimmy Carter dealt with Thailand in 1977? You&#8217;re probably in luck; you&#8217;ll find such a tome on many a sidewalk around town.<\/p>\n<p>But I am a book nut and have to check, regardless of how many times I&#8217;ve been disappointed in what people think I might want to pick up.<\/p>\n<p>However, Sunday my luck changed. As we wandered to Adams Morgan Day, we took a far less direct route than we normally would have. The fates must have guided our feet because a row of books suddenly materialized in front of us. <\/p>\n<p>Rudi and I glanced down &#8212; and realized we&#8217;d hit a jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>The person who&#8217;d discarded their books?<\/p>\n<p>A knitter.<\/p>\n<p>We found so many books we had to run them back home before resuming our trip:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/3920139129\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2461\/3920139129_613d1d2fd1_d.jpg\" alt=\"Our bookish haul\" height=400 width=300 hspace=3 vspace=3 \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>[Confidential to <a href=\"http:\/\/sweetpeasgarden.wordpress.com\">Sarah<\/a>: Want the bottom book? I picked it up with you in mind&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City dwellers know that one of the perks of urban living is the freebie sidewalk find. A lot of what you pass by is junk, but sometimes you come across real gems. 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