A Clean, Well-lighted Place

A Clean, Well-lighted Place | Ernest Hemingway

Evanston Public Library. We're big on Prairie style architecture here in the Chicago area 😊. One of the coolest things about the EPL is that every year, a pair of peregrine falcons nest at the top of one of the beige pillar things at the left of the picture. There is a falcon cam in the nest so you can watch the eggs hatch, and then the chicks are banded and named. ❤️ the library!!! #riotgrams #mylocallibrary

CherylDeFranceschi I love the falcon cam! 7y

AlaMich @CherylDeFranceschi Some years I forget about it and then I'm bummed 🦅 7y

CherylDeFranceschi Oh- I have a bestie who won't let me forget! 7y

EllieDottie That is so awesome! 7y

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A Clean, Well-lighted Place | Ernest Hemingway

He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep. After all, he said to himself, it is probably only insomnia. Many must have it.

Bibliotini This is my all-time favorite short story. 8y

utterKATEness If you're game for another interesting read, Fitzgerald wrote a pseudo-response piece to this called