Just returned from a shopping spree! Went on a trip south and of course, we stopped at a fair number of places and well, yeah, we bought books. I’m looking at boxes and bags, all full ready to price. We are pretty excited about our purchases. What makes this fun is that we get to chose the titles…what we like and are always searching for, and trying to fulfill requests that our regulars are looking for. Course it is always fun when people bring in books and being surprised at what they bring. Books are so much fun!
So what did we get on this trip? Hmm, quite a number of Robert Frost books - books on the man, poetry. Finally! Frost books are easier to find outside of the state but that makes sense. Here we are in Middlebury and last I saw, we only had one book on the shelf. That just isn’t right. I feel good about what we found. I have to admit, I just started one of the books, “Robert Frost Himself” by Stanley Burnshaw. Very interesting but I’m finding it so far more on Mr. Burnshaw’s life and his relationship to Frost but it gives a good insight to the times. I’m early into the book though - page 57. Ready to read are: “Honour Earth Mother” by Basil Johnston, “American Indians of the Northeast” by Kathleen J. Bragdon and “Nature’s Way: Native Wisdom for Living in Balance with the Earth” by Ed McGaa, Eagle Man all waiting patiently. Plus I’ve also started a couple of projects…American flag afghan using Green Mountain Spinnery yarn (of course!), embroidering a wall clock from a 1970 kit (so retro!), and also going through my ‘new’ magazines “American Home Craft” that is out of print but slowly I’m adding to my collection. They are FULL of amazing ideas.
Also picked up a couple of local authors - Bill McKibben, for one. I grabbed “Wandering Home” out of one of the boxes and well, sat up one night reading it. I just couldn’t put it down. How honest he writes. I wish I could remember all my thoughts when I closed the book. I knew I should have written them down but I was at my brother’s house and it is an old house with creaky floors and was afraid I might wake everyone up so I didn’t go look for paper and pencil. It will be a book difficult to sell as I would like to keep it but…special to sell, too. Hope that makes sense.
Boxes include a number of Star Trek, Vol 1-3 of Lahaye/Jenkins series “Novel of the Earth’s Last Days”, dinosaurs, sailing, children’s giant books, Zane Grey, and various others. They should be up on the shelves this week.
Please let me know if you are looking for a special book or share your thoughts!
Happy reading! Or knitting, embroidering…
