July 15, 2008
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I was told that generally the July 4th weekend isn’t busy but not true! Very busy. In fact, I just looked at my watch and it is after 4 o’clock. I haven’t even finished my morning coffee. Don’t worry, I won’t. I had hoped that I would be able to get through some of the boxes that have been piling up here but no. In fact some very great friends came in to bring me more. Wow! One woman brought in two big bags. Another two boxes. I get so overwhelmed of the generosity of people who are indeed friends! They want to see the store succeed and to that I am taken back and so humbled. To them and others who have dropped off books since we have owned the store I am indebted to them. The Valley Voice just did a small feature on the store which has brought wonderful attention. Cheryl, Jennifer and the rest of the staff at the weekly countywide paper really do right for small businesses. Though there was a tiny error in the article - I was actually born in (sigh) NY not Middlebury. Hudson, NY.
I brought in my camera to take photos of the store since it was suppose to be slow. Well, that didn’t happen but I’m not complaining. Business was good. I had been waiting for the new sign to be included but that’s going to be a while since I haven’t even ordered it yet! Money has gone into books instead of marketing. Soon though.
April 2, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged books, byrne, dyer, gregory, middlebury, vermont, vt
Yes, it is so close! I was greeted by a Robin when I entered the store today. Of course, I have been seeing Robins, geese flying north and other signs of spring but it just seemed so delightful to see the Robin here. More books arrived over the weekend. Books on relationships, New Age, religion, older fiction, western (hard cover and paperback) and children’s books. Authors include Dr. Wayne Dyer, Rhonda Byrne, William Patterson White, Jackson Gregory, and then some. Eclectic! And our ‘funky junky’ items are increasing. Stop in!
March 15, 2008
· Filed under Uncategorized · Tagged middlebury, used books, vermont, vt
but what else is new here in Vermont these days. At least it isn’t raining like last weekend. I hear there is great snow at the Bowl!
My mother, Muriel, is in today and we are shelving books. Four boxes down and well, too many to count. We do have alot to put up. Can get overwhelming at times but it is important to not let it get to me. How do other used bookstores manage, I wonder? Just deal with it, Barbara. 
What are we shelving, you wonder? Just about a little of everything…fiction, non-fiction, hard cover, paperbacks. Titles? How about “Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor”, Willa Cather novels, “Ralston Health Club One Hundredth Edition”, “Porcelain”, “The Flowering of New England,” “The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers”, “Selected Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley” just to name a few, and it is just a few. Some day I will count the number of books we shelf - just to satisfy my curiosity.
