The Lamp
The library runs on light, not tolls.
Nothing in this athenaeum is for sale, and nothing ever will be. No wing is locked, no entry is metered, and no reader is asked at the door. Instead there is this room, where anyone who has found something of value may keep a lamp lit. Once, or monthly. Any amount. The lamps pay for the hosting, the domain, and the tools. Everything beyond that builds new wings.
Payments pass through Stripe. The library never sees your card, and there is no account to create.
What the lamps fund
Hosting and the domain, first. The small tools that keep the shelves searchable and the sky drawn. After costs, the remainder goes to the making of new entries and new wings, and that ledger will be published here as the library grows. A library that asks for light owes its readers a window into where the light goes.