I have consulted Weather dot com.

It was raining this morning, but with my carriage-driving expertise, I have consulted Weather.com and concluded that, except for a 30% chance of a few showers around 4 or 5 o'clock, we are clear for the remainder of the day. Why am I sharing this with you? To entice you to the store, of course. It is a beautiful 63 degrees, the door is open, the fan is circulating a fresh breeze, the cats and dog are happy and well fed ( the dog is actually a little sore, I believe, after a long walk through Overton Park yesterday) and the store has been classed up a bit with Pam Gambles photographs sprinkled throughout. It is quite nice up here, if I do say so myself.
The 25% off sale was a smashing success, but there are still books left for you! Hope to see you soon!

I think I will go read one.

Well, it has occurred to me that perhaps my current method of blogging is not, necessarily, the best way for me. I am new to having my own blog, this being my first, and have recently concluded that I don't have to post full page entries, every time I blog. I could do tiny little ones, mentioning every day occurrences at the store. Usually, when I think about blogging about the store, I think, "Well, there are a lot of books up here, they are all for sale, I think I will go read one." It is easy to see how I tend to talk myself out of blogging at all, leaving a lonely English Major website wondering what it did wrong to cause me to go away. But upon perusal of another used bookstores' blog, I realized I could post tiny little updates about the store. Like, I got new used stereo speakers the other day and can rock out now when no one is around! Yay!
The End.

This Weekend Only - Huge Sale!!

This Weekend Only - Huge Sale!!
25% Off (almost) Everything In The Store!!!!
*Rare Books Section Excluded*
Friday, Saturday and Sunday March 27, 28 and 29
Open at Noon, Close at 5 p.m.

"The sale of books
and buying of books on sale
is the coolest."
-Karin Morley
Blogspot.com

New Works: Photographs by Pam Gamble

Come See
New Works: Photographs by Pam Gamble

Apparently, I have become too Facebooky as I publicized the first ever Art Opening at The Bookstore last Friday on Facebook, but not on my blog. The opening was great - Pam is a friend whose new work is a departure from what she calls her "usual tidy" photography. Her artist statement alone was wonderful, but her photographs were stunning. I was really impressed with her work and based on people's comments , I wasn't the only one. Do yourself a favor and come check it out ( the show will hang until May 5, 2009)!

Oh, and the store got a serious, hardcore cleaning, too, which is nice. It gets a little cluttered around here sometimes, but not anymore. A place for everything and everything in it's place (yeah, right!) It feel fittingly new Springlike around here, though and in that spirit, I am going to try to blog more often. As I have mentioned before, this is my first blog and though I consider myself a bit of a writer, I am not used to this format and suppose I will only become used to it through practice.

I love the Bookstore, though, and hope you will come and enjoy it with me!
Open Six Days a Week at Noon, Closed on Mondays.

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"Meditation technique:
Sit and smile."

-From Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
(which I just finished today and thoroughly enjoyed!)

Ahhhhh - Second Ever poetry Night Cancelled!!!!!! Oh, The Humanity!!!

What I am trying to say with pictures, folks, is that I screwed up. I have to cancel this week's Poetry Night. I am really, really sorry but I drive a carriage and have to drive on St. Patrick's Day!! How about Wednesday instead?

Second Ever Poetry Night - Tuesday, March 17 - St. Patrick's Day

Yay! The Second Ever Poetry Night is happening next week. Yes, it is on St. Patrick's Day so I won't be offended if you can't make it because you already have plans. However, I think having it on St. Pat's Day is offering folks a different way to celebrate the holiday. I would think that it just might happen that there would be a lot of Celtic poetry - who knows? For those who didn't make it to the First Ever Poetry Night, it consists of reading your own poetry or other people's poetry, whichever you prefer, open-mike style without a mike.I will provide the coffee, you bring whatever you would like. We will start at 7 p.m. and end whenever.
I look forward to seeing every single one of you there. Here. You understand.

"A poem should not mean but be."

Poetry Quote by Archibald MacLeish
American Poet (1892-1982)

"To have great poets there must be great audiences too."

Poetry Quote by Walt Whitman
American Poet (1819-1892)