This past weekend, while driving around, I decided to
stop at the Leonia Public Library, a mile or so from where I live in
Bergen County, NJ. It was a spontaneous act that, like many of this kind,
proved ill-advised, as the library’s procedures for opening and checking out
materials had changed during the COVID-19 outbreak, so it was not open.
But my trip did not prove a total loss. Sometimes, in the
noise and haste of my life, I haven’t stopped to observe my surroundings intently.
That certainly holds true over several institutions I love—libraries—since I
usually go to them having selected in advance which item I want and I try to
limit browsing.
But on this day, I could not go inside. Despite having
visited the library a dozen times before over the last decade, I had never
noticed this reading garden. I immediately whipped out my iPhone and took this
photo.
Reading gardens may not always work in densely
populated cities where space is at a premium, but they are welcome amenities in
the suburbs. What could be more pleasant than sitting out in the fresh air on a
sunny day with a good book?
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