Lara Zielin

This is the fridge in our basement.

Most people keep meat, ice cream, or frozen vegetables in their fridge. But not us.

Welcome to the house where two writers live!

Yes, it’s true. We keep books in our fridge. Three words come to mind: Need. More. Bookshelves.

Until we get some, let me show you around.

These are our “Dummies” books. They all start with “P.” My father-in-law gave me that poker one, and boy was he sorry he did. I read that sucker cover to cover and smoked his butt at Texas Hold ‘em. True story.

Here is a book bought a few years back. Since I purchased it, “volunteer vacations” have really burgeoned in popularity. I probably don’t need the book anymore, but I like having it.

We’re having a garage sale in June and it’s possible some of these books might make it into the sale. But I’m not betting on it. Even if they’re in a fridge in the basement, I love having books around.

“Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books, even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.”  ~ William Ewart Gladstone