Today was Saturday, my day off. I was feeling a bit bluesy and realized I needed a walk, so I went out for a stroll in the park. I spied the little red free library box from across the pond and made my way towards it. As I approached it my heart leapt with delight. I could see that instead of the broken door being swung out from the box as it had been for over a month, it was flush against it.
I drew closer. Indeed the door had been fixed. I tried it several times as a couple on the bench next to it watched me try out the door and inspect the repaired hinges, which appeared to have been simply bent back into the right configuration. They had repaired it in place instead of removing it. My email to the city had worked!
Inside there were almost no books, as if it were reset. The bottom shelf of children's books was empty entirely and only about ten books were on the top shelf. My guess is that the city had removed the water damaged books inside, leaving only the undamaged ones. One of the books was The Official Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook.
Perfect. I couldn't ask for a happier twist to the day. I was so lighthearted that I extended my stroll into a long walk, all the way down to Bell Road, and then walking along it all the way to its eastern end, where it bends southward into a subdivision. Probably over six miles in all, but it was a pleasant day with a nice breeze and I was dressed for it. On the way back I passed by the box again and borrowed the afternoon tea cookbox, which I am going to read tonight in bed, having just finished a novel I was reading.