…March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don’t know what you’ll find, until you step outside. – V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

March is a good month! It beats February. Hands down. As a young girl I thought March was the best month of the whole year. It was magical. Why? It’s my birthday month. Isn’t your birthday month the best month of the year?

The I Hate February Sale was a hit. Customers and owner (me) alike enjoyed themselves. Boxes, armload of books, books in hands, full bags went out the door. All to help make way for boxes to be unloaded from storage (behind the curtain) and get some up on the shelves. Thank you all who stopped in and took advantage of the sale. When’s the next one? Definitely in November as I celebrate twenty years of owning this used bookshop. And it’ll pop up a few other times until then.

Now is a good time to reorganize shelves. Alphabetize where needed. Start spring cleaning. Revamp the store. I always take this time to refresh, what makes sense, what doesn’t. And appreciate what I have here. This store. These books and amazing customers. I am a lucky girl.

The books – the generous friends who met me without suspicion – the merciful masters who never used me ill! – Wilkie Collins, Armadale