Libraries & The Christmas Spirit

Dearest Reader,

I grew up in the Bronx, NY (and in part Nairobi, Kenya) in a small neighborhood essentially on a hill. My favorite fun fact about uptown NYC is that it used to be farmland so the terrain north of the upper west/east side is hilly. The paved roads curve and dip and form some near perpendicular angles if you wander down the right street. I…