A nice Saturday: walked the boys at 7:45, had lunch at Red Robin with mom, got some dog food and stuff, did some laundry and vacuumed, took a nap.
Tonight, I'm thinking of splurging at CJ's just because we haven't had that for a while and I can't think of anything for dinner really other than grilled cheese. I'd like to watch Ripper Street on BBC America channel but I'm sure we'll wind up watching UFC fighting. Oh boy.
Tomorrow I'm hoping to spend some time on the computer to clean up some emails, catch up on news and blogs, and do a current events post.
What I really need to do is read my WSJs for the week and vacuum the stairs and do research for book.
I'm taking a mini-break from the Coulter book by starting another library book, nonfiction, called THE LITTLE BOOKSTORE OF BIG STONE GAP: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book by Wendy Welch. Here is a description:
Starting a used bookstore in a small Appalachian town during the decline-of-the-book era may seem like rank folly, but the project—and the book—turn out to be anything but foolish. With warmth and humor, Welch details the small successes and large missteps along the path to finding a place in a community. She shows that, even in the age of the e-reader, there is hope for books and those who love them, and that reading and bookstores still perform an important function in civic life. Keeping an independent bookstore thriving is problematic in even the biggest cities and best of economic times, and it’s especially difficult in a rural community of 5,000 facing a major economic downturn. Yet none of those factors deterred Welch and her husband from impulsively buying a ramshackle Victorian mansion and filling it with thousands of used books. Nor did their lack of book trade knowledge or any type of local support stand in their way. Frugal, resourceful, cunning, and determined, they vowed to win over those who thought they’d never last. Having a pair of saucy cats and plates of Scottish shortbread helped convert any holdouts, but it was their empathetic demeanor and unabashed love of books that earned the Welches continuing success. Amusing, engaging, astute, and perceptive, Welch’s buoyant memoir of an endangered way of life is a fervent affirmation of the power of books to bring people together.
Published in 2012 and has 304 pages. She also has a blog at http://wendywelchbigstonegap.wordpress.com/.
So have a lovely rest of your Saturday.
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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