East along the lane from the Golden Valley fruit and vegetable store is the Kitsilano public library.

Yvonne runs the Golden Valley fruit and vegetable store. She works endless hours. Her prices aren't the lowest. You go there because her fruit and vegetables are fresh, and she is cheerful.

Another Yvonne was the heroine of Malcolm Lowry's great novel, Under the Volcano.

I mentioned this last Sunday to Yvonne, then felt badly immediately.

"I don't have time to read books," she said.

It’s said that the generation that grew up on Ernest Hemingway wanted to fight bulls and fascism in Spain. Those in my generation who read Under the Volcano wanted to die tragically in Mexico or be loved by a Yvonne.

Supposedly in Malcolm Lowry's books, east is the direction of reason.

Leaving Yvonne’s, it was east along the lane, to make amends for the faux pas at a neglected sanctuary, the public library.

There, there was an epiphany. In these years of thinking about sharing, why hadn’t the connection between a public library and sharing been obvious?

Now that the "things_that_can_be_shared" wiki page has been amended, you will find new entries there for "book" and "library".

And if you have a private library, try listing it as a Sharing Interest, for sharing with your neighbours.

Perhaps one of them will be a Yvonne.