Books Should Never Be Destroyed!

The Chattanooga Newspaper last weekend

 had this article about the UNITED STATES POST OFFICE SHREDDING BOOKS! 

I cannot believe it!

Someone, somewhere can use it!

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I just last week purchase some Discard Library Books at the Friends of the Library for only 10 cents each! Talk about a great price, could it pass them up!

AT least, the do not destroy them, they pass them on to someone, somewhere who can use them. 

I can donate them to the Senior Center or read them, craft with them, or donate to a Thrift Shop who will probably sell them for $1.00-$2.00. 

They still are good readable books and Good Stories and I can see where the Library may need more room for new incoming books but Never Destroy a book, please! 

Many of what I got had been on the New York Best Seller List at one time even. 

Take care of these books! 

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Smiles, Cyndi

Saved from the trash dump!

We were at the Post Office one day and this truck next to us was packed in his bed with all kinds of Stuff!

He was waiting in his truck and I was next to him waiting in our car SUV so I asked him if he was going to the dump with his loot!  His answer was " Yes" and my eyes lighted up even bigger!  I saw this pair of  fabulous lamp shades and they were torn and raggedy not to stop me, they had Great Form!

Of course I could have them he said and so I loaded them into our car. Meanwhile he asked if there was anything else I could use so I asked about the quilt I saw and of course, Take it, Give it a good home! Oh, my day was made!   He also had a blanket that I really did not want or need but I did not want to hurt is feelings so it came home with me also. His lady came out and said she was relieved to see them have another home as when they moved here they got dented and damaged but she was not looking at the Interior Metal underneath the tattered silk material which was beautiful itself but beyond cleaning.  She said they were gifts from her aunt when they married and that was probably many years ago as they were old like me. 

Well, I shook their hands and said I would pay of forward the gift of kindness and when we got home I got my scissors and started ripping. I just love tearing up stuff!  The trim was a beautiful lace that can be salvaged too! It just needs some color dye or maybe coffee stain.  It will come to me as I work with them or another project, Anyway, it is now in my stash of excess crafting materials I WILL use one day. 

I wish my DH had not returned so soon with his dirty look, NOW why do I need that?" He has several more plastic bins full of what looked like Christmas things I could have gone through or just taken the whole bins off his hands to go through when at home but I knew when to quit! 

At least, I got to more lamp shades to re-do with  lace or doilies or maybe fabric strips!  

I love trash dumps! 

Smiles, Cyndi

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Smiles, Cyndi