the wheelbarrow

The San Antonio Wheelbarrow

2004-06-06T14:30:00.000-07:00

BookCrossing Wheelbarrow Madness took over local BookCrossers in San Antonio, TX on Memorial Day weekend as they braved 104 degree heat and strange looks from those unversed in the joys of BookCrossing... First-Noel, who I met in St. Louis for the First BookCrossing Convention, along with some other faithful BookCrossers, dug on the wheelbarrow motif and hauled out a whole slew of books, some

And One for the Gipper!

2004-04-21T01:53:00.000-07:00

I cannot believe this is the only picture I have of myself from Convention. I made this goofy collage as part of a journal entry for Grover3d and it's the only picture of me that I have that was actually taken at Convention! I don't look anything like that drawing, it just seemed like a funny thing to do for the journal. I am very much beginning to show the signs of the sense of goofiness my

The People Who Made It All Possible

2004-04-21T01:48:00.000-07:00

Ron and Bruce Bruce and Heather

Attendees, again...

2004-04-21T01:46:00.000-07:00

I apologize in advance for the poor quailty of these photos. There were taken with a Polaroid I-Zone and immediately glued into a book. They're not so great, but you at least get an idea of who everyone is! jfroebe Kayote Mackinac Daughter & Mother Canadian duo, Miss-Efficiency and Nelle mysterylady36 nyisutter Peregrin Portias solittletime, GoryDetails, marinaw The

Attendees

2004-04-21T01:22:00.000-07:00

comfie-cricket the booksleuth (in red, with Shen to the left and mysterylady36 to the right) Doug T., the booksleuth's husband FreeTheBooks GoryDetails independencemo marigoldgirl mojosmom puppetlady Shendoah solittletime somanybookso TracyShannon and Grover3d Tzurriz WhiteRaven13 dragonwriter and LilSadie First-Noel

Another Round of Convention Photos

2004-04-21T01:18:00.000-07:00

Table at the Entry to the Convention Meeting Room (click on image above for larger version) Ron's Presentation at the BookCrossing Convention Is Recorded by NPR (click on image above for larger version) 4libros Shows How to "Dress" a Book for Release (click on image above for larger version)

Just a Few BookCrossers

2004-04-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

4libros with Her BookCrossing Kiddoes, LilSadie & dragonwriter (click on the image above for a larger version) solittletime Listens to Sonora Being Interviewed for a Local Newspaper Article About BookCrossing (click on the image above for a larger version) Sonora and somanybookso (click on the image above for a larger version) TracyShannon (click on the image above for a larger

Convention Photos & a Little Commentary to Boot

2004-04-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

A Rapt Group of BookCrossers Listening to the Wisdom of 4libros & Her Release Techniques (click the image above for a larger version) Front row, left to right: the booksleuth, FreeThe Books, 4libros (back to us with the lovely French braid!), WhiteRaven13, Portias, independencemo Second row, left to right: Bruce (BC), Heather (BC), mojosmom, somanybookso, GoryDetails, Mackinac, First-Noel

BookCrossing Convention Photos

2004-04-20T01:54:00.000-07:00

BookCrossers Chit Chat at the Holiday Inn Lounge on the First Night (click image above for larger version) Left row (against wall with mirror), front to back: Mackinac, Marinaw, Sonora, Voyager, solittletime, Miss-Efficiency, Nelle, 4libros Middle row, front to back: somanybookso, mojosmom (just her back!), Gory Details, Peregrin, dragonwriter Far right (facing mojosmom): Tzurriz (the

First Annual BookCrossing Convention - St. Louis

2004-04-20T01:08:00.000-07:00

It has been months since I've been on here to update. Mostly because I haven't had much to relate as far as thewheelbarrow is concerned. But I actually made it to the first annual BookCrossing Convention that was held April 16 - 18, 2004 in St. Louis, MO. I was there for business during the majority of the week and extended my stay so I could make this historical event! I am not an active

long time

2004-01-04T14:56:00.000-08:00

I have not bothered much to update this site, but I decided now would be a good time to post some of the journal entries I've received since this project started. A total of 53 entries have been made by people who have caught books that were released by thewheelbarrow. We haven't relaesed any new books lately, not with the fervor we did when we were doing the film project, but that is what has

done deal

2003-09-14T00:02:00.000-07:00

What is it about finishing a project that you have poured everything into that makes you go into utter and complete shutdown mode? I don't know about Natalie (though I'd imagine she feels about the same), but I am cranked. I feel a cold coming on, settling in around my shoulders and neck, stuck to the back of my throat like a losenge. The relief is huge. The movie is done and it actually worked

Let Us Entertain You

2003-09-11T16:49:00.000-07:00

Saturday, 13 September 2003 at 7:00 o’clock at the MacArthur Place Rodeo Room 29 East MacArthur Street, Sonoma Tickets: $10.00 at Reader’s Books and Movie Merchants seating is limited For more information call 707-935-0443 Ought to be a good time! Film makers include: Terese Spingola & Jill Ford, Anea MK Botton & Natalie Conforti, Christa Conforti, Donna Hays, August Sebastiani, Bill Bachelor

Film Festival

2003-09-11T13:22:00.000-07:00

Well, the process of capturing BookCrossing.com and the wheelbarrow on film for our amateur movie has been a real, errm, TREAT (<--- said in the scoffiest, sardonic-est, sarcastic-est voice I can muster...). We have a little over 2 hours of footage of which only about 40 minutes is usable. But the movie needs to be less than 30 minutes (more like 20). So I've gotten the video cut down to about

3rd wheelbarrow release at the Farmer's Market

2003-09-03T19:34:00.000-07:00

We headed down to the Tuesday night Sonoma Farmer's Market with the wheelbarrow and books in tow. SGinger and my husband, good sports that they be, trooped on while I filmed and acted as the Spirit Coordinator (grand title, eh?). We forgot the sign telling people these were free books, so it became necessary to stand there and encourage people to take books from the wheelbarrow. But this wasn't

More of the Canada Wheelbarrow

2003-08-29T19:03:00.000-07:00

Paixful emailed more pictures of the very successful Canada wheelbarrow project, so here they are! This may as well be my office where I register all of my books. Are all BookCrossers so crazy for books and getting people to read that we'll plant ourselves within stacks of books and never think this might be an odd thing??? This is a picture of the mayor of paixful's town taking a gander

The Canada Wheelbarrow Project

2003-08-28T22:56:00.000-07:00

I got the below message at the beginning of the month and was very jazzed. 3 August 2003 I was actually going to PM you to say I'd donate a few books but then I thought, I could do the same here and videotape it and send the tape to you, to edit in to yours, if you'd like?! I'd be more than willing as I think it would be so much fun. I am in Alberta Canada, in a city of about 70,000. I think

Australian Surprise!

2003-08-25T21:51:00.000-07:00

I got an email from BookCrosser auntyMEL on 8/16/03 which read Hello thewheelbarrow, I'm a BookCrosser, too (screen name "auntyMEL"), and I just wanted to say G'day from Australia. I am totally inspired by your project, I have a couple of books in mind that I think really belong. Please let me know where I should post them to. Sincerely, auntyMEL Today I came home from work and there was a

the wheelbarrow wake

2003-08-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

Grandma's funeral was yersterday. We took the wheelbarrow to St. Francis Solano Church and parked it out front. I had no qualms doing it. I was almost a little bit defiant about it. Grief makes us do things we might not otherwise do, I suppose. SGinger and Dave helped me get the wheelbarrow to the church and then back to the wake afterwards at home. Everyone who saw it and came up to me said it

Remembering

2003-08-13T18:36:00.000-07:00

I made sure my Grandma was commemorated in this obituary with the wheelbarrow. The response has been overwhelming as well as touching. Today would have been Grandma's 86th birthday.

Farmer's Market 2nd Run

2003-08-12T18:08:00.000-07:00

Dave & SGinger took the wheelbarrow for a 2nd run at the Sonoma Farmer's Market while I spent the evening at Border's Books at a BookCrossing meetup. They figured out at the 2nd run that the wheelbarrow can't be left unattended if one cares at all about what happens to the books...and the 'barrow, for that matter! It seemed there was a penchant for some of the teenagers to want to do "bad things"

Ancora di piu'!

2003-08-10T17:34:00.000-07:00

Went to church today and they donated 6 big boxes of books. I'm trying to get them all registered, but few of them have ISBNs, which means all the info has to be typed in. My other concern as I am going through the books is that if there are too many "religious" or "spritual" books, people may get turned off. But then I thought some more and figured it really doesn't matter. There may be someone

251 Books

2003-08-09T20:26:00.000-07:00

Well, after Dave & I cleaned out a bunch of boxes in the garage and SGinger got her parents and co-workers on the book-donating bandwagon, we're up to 251 books registered as of today, a total of 40 releases, and no new journalers for any of the releases. Which is no surprise. There was one journal reply from our very first releases that we did on the park bench, but it was logged under Abott, my

the wheelbarrow's First Release Pictures

2003-08-08T12:33:00.000-07:00

booked up 'barrow books at the Farmer's Market, and they're FREE! KC and SGinger talk about BookCrossing at the Farmer's Market

2003-08-06T20:45:00.000-07:00

the wheelbarrow's Maiden Voyage

2003-08-05T22:11:00.000-07:00

We did it! SGinger and I (with a little help from a good-sport husband with some muscle) took the wheelbarrow down to the Plaza to Sonoma Tuesday night Farmer's Market. We got a few sidelong stares as my husband wheeled the yellow, mobile BookCrossing Zone through the streets of Sonoma, down the walkways of the Plaza, wending our way amidst the throng of people to prop the wheelbarrow against the

TheWheelbarrowCanada?

2003-08-04T23:29:00.000-07:00

Can it be? Will there be a dual north-American wheelbarrow release this month? It looks like this might just be the case since BookCrosser, paixful has said she is going to release her own Canadian wheelbarrow. Whoddathunk a little ole lowly wheelbarrow could attract another? Let the wheelbarrowing begin!

relay for life

2003-08-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

SGinger released some health-conscious books to the Sonoma Relay For Life today at the Sonoma Valley High School track. One of the books was registered under the wheelbarrow and the rest were registered under SGinger. Were any actually caught? You can see the 4 released books in the middle picture below.

2003-08-02T20:59:00.000-07:00

real deal the wheelbarrow soon to be filled with books and released into the wild!

not-so-mellow yellow

2003-08-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

My husband painted the wheelbarrow neon yellow today. It's hilarious. It needs a big clown nose and a fire engine red wig with some Golden Arches hooked on it's shanks. It's that yellow. We'll need to see if SGinger can get the wooden parts fixed so it's not quite so rickety and away we'll go. Lucy donated quite a few books to the cause and registered them all under the wheelbarrow. This weekend

First Releases into the Wild!

2003-07-29T21:05:00.000-07:00

Ok, well, the actual wheelbarrow didn't make it out into the wild tonight with it's load of books. I spent about 3 hours in the hospital this morning after I found out my grandmother was admitted because she couldn't breathe. It's been something of a stressful day today. SOOOOooo, the wheelbarrow itself didn't get released because I was too crabby & frowny and we couldn't wheel it without lugging

2003-07-29T21:01:00.000-07:00

books on a bench Here we have our lovely assistant, SGinger, attempting to lure in unwary passerbyers to catch the released Naked by David Sedaris. She is looking readerly and bright with a hardback primer for German. Naked sits beside her on the bench, waiting patiently for a person to cast their readerly reel. This approach didn't work very well. People seemed more interested in Uncle Bill's

First release date announcement

2003-07-27T15:24:00.000-07:00

the wheelbarrow is tentatively set for its first release on Tuesday, 29 Jul 2003. SGinger and I will hopefully be releasing the lowly wheelbarrow that I am stealing from my dad's rather eclectic collection of wheelbarrows at the Farmer's Market in Sonoma, CA. That will be the first release as well as the first filming for the film we're making for the less-than-amateur film festival slated for 13