Nasty, rainy morning and indoor chores come easy. Helped K put up racks in the kitchen so that many of the cooking gadgets she has can be easily at hand but not just in the way. Took a load of empty boxes that may be needed for future moves to the garage for storage and assembled a set of utility shelves to accommodate more.
And after all this exciting activity I went downtown to visit the main branch of the DC Public Library, the Martin Luther King branch located across the street from the National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of American Art is the District's only building by noted 20th Century architect Mies van der Rohe. In their great wisdom local government officials have decided that this building isn't important and that DC needs a new main library that is truly "World Class" - whatever that is. It is true that the building is in bad shape but that isn't the building's fault. Much in the district is in bad shape - largely due to selective inattention and unwillingness to spend money on things that are really important but not to really important people. The library is very heavily used. So much so that I couldn't get on any of the multiple computer catalogues.
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