In the Library

In the Library

Noel Laflin

4-3-23

When my father used to head off to the bathroom with a newspaper, magazine, or paperback in hand, he would always announce that he'd be in the library.

If you ever need the WC, or a book, at our house, chose the upstairs powder room and open the wooden doors built into the wall (they stand just a few feet from your feet) that hides a crude ladder one can use to climb up to the trap door in the attic where the furnace resides.

As we always use a regular ladder for such occasional inspections, the hidden wooden steps behind the door were always wasted space - until they were filled with reading material.

My dad would feel right at home in our upstairs, easy-to-reach-a-book mini library, which also provides a handy commode.