tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post206449548120059132..comments2023-12-31T05:54:02.314-08:00Comments on Books Anonymous: Another free library idea - at a bus stopKazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-68023761712318365232013-04-26T17:45:33.212-07:002013-04-26T17:45:33.212-07:00The St James' crypt has never been used for bu...The St James' crypt has never been used for burials, oddly enough. There is now a columbarium in one of the alcoves for the interment of ashes for those who chose cremation, but that's as close at the crypt has got to its original intended purpose. If you ever get to South Australia, and the Clare Valley - given you like crypts - try to visit Seven Hills Winery. It is a monastery winery that, to this day, supplies many of the country's Catholic parishes with their communion wine, and makes many excellent other wines! The crypt in their church has been the burial site for the monks over the years and is an oddly peaceful place and not at all creepy!Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-34224854202160115492013-04-26T17:42:04.118-07:002013-04-26T17:42:04.118-07:00That is very cool Jack - I love that people can ta...That is very cool Jack - I love that people can take the books home. I assume people donate too to keep it going. Not so hard to maintain a free library, when you think about it...Kazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883203750700550391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-5237910943427145842013-04-26T02:57:42.507-07:002013-04-26T02:57:42.507-07:00Love the photo and love the idea of library in the...Love the photo and love the idea of library in the church crypt. I have a real thing for church crypts and yet I know of no church anywhere near where I live that has one. I don't mind the graves when a church has a crypt, a friend can't understand my fondness for crypts she finds them creepy and unsettling I find them rather serene spaces that wrap around you. St Martins in the Fields in the middle of London has a rather cool café in their crypt, a nice calm space to escape into for a cuppa or a quick meal and all the funds go towards the church's homeless programs. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824748902803492123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8223421075357845155.post-53437083598314499292013-04-25T21:26:11.030-07:002013-04-25T21:26:11.030-07:00The only place I have personally encountered a fre...The only place I have <i>personally</i> encountered a free library, oddly enough, is in our local courthouse. We get summoned for jury duty here, and while we're waiting to be called for a case, there are shelves and shelves of books in the jury lounge, and the announcement is made that if you get interested in a book, then get called to a case, take it home with you, no charge. They're all donated, and I picked up Tony Hillerman's <i>The Sinister Pig</i> last time I was hauled in.<br /><br />A good idea we see far too infrequently here.Jack Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14030471723776022615noreply@blogger.com