While walking along Broadway in Lower Manhattan recently, I noticed a group of young adults handing out booklets and inviting passersbys to a prayer station set up on the sidewalk.
Mr. Bol, whose streetside memorial provided the inspiration for Little Free Library, a nonprofit that he grew into a network of more than 75,000 tiny, whimsical book exchanges that encourage passersby to "take a book, leave a book," died Oct. 18 at a hospice center in Oakdale, Minn.
In fact, this group of artists would like passersby to witness a burst of color during a storm.
Often, he will walk along a public sidewalk or in a public park with a Buddy Poppy in his hand and allow passersby to take a flower if they so choose.
The project was featured in a busy pedestrian mall in Beijing, and the students encouraged 40,000 passersby to sign a petition rejecting disposable chopsticks.
I rode in the back seat, my breathing shallow, resolutely looking into the car instead of out the window, so that it would be hard for passersby to get a clear view of my face.
Led by Dave Muscato, a 21-year-old musician from Columbia, Mo., the group chanted, "We want Fiona!" and asked passersby to sign a petition begun online that had more than 23,000 signatures.
There is no way for passersby to purchase a piece of the fruit.
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But even more chilling is the story of young Nathan Zohner, who won the Greater Idaho Science Fair by getting 43 of 50 passersby to sign a petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide because it can be fatal if inhaled, is a major component of acid rain and can be found in the tumors of terminal cancer patients.
He was an old, rail-thin man with a pony tail imploring passersby to peer through an object that looks more like a cannon than a telescope.
