While at the library, I took pictures of the bookshelves about chicken keeping (more then you might expect) to understand the profliferation of chicken interest.  When I asked the lady at the front desk if there might be a chance I could have a copy of the library record regarding the chicken books for the last three year, she briskly said "Someone higher up then me would have to authorize that".  So I guess I will write in the "Ask us" section of the Multnomah County Library page, and just hope the message will get to someone who can help me.

Since I didn't have a cube today, I moved between the coffee shop, the library and for a little bit, a stranger's cube.  Around noon, I went to Nicole's class where they were watching a documentary called "The Garden".  It was rather depressing, it was about this community garden in South Central LA.  It was the largest community garden in the US, 14 blocks, and it served 347 low-income families.  But then the owner, who had bought it from the city in an underhanded deal, wanted to make it into a warehouse.  Obviously, the farmers fought a long, hard battle back, and finally the owner said he would sell it to them for $16.2 million (he bought it for 5).  And the farmers raised that much!  With the majority donated by the Annenburg foundation, they had the money, but he bulldozed it anyway.  It was really heart breaking to see banana, papaya, guava and other types of trees felled, not to mention all the tilled fields and crops.