Bookstore Musings

There's something rather interesting about the role the local bookstore plays in small town life and how our citizens utilize our resources. We are some folk's first stop for copying and faxing needs, odd given we have a large office supply shop with such features offered surely at a much more technologically advanced manner than our own humble acid-paper fax and single sheet copier. We are a free Wi-Fi spot and I spend as much time chatting up books as I do helping folks use their brand new laptops (we must be mentioned in their manuals, one supposes) and hooking into our network. I'm fortunate if one in three folks who come by the store actually buy a book or three. And yet they come. And on a sunny afternoon like today, we will cover needs such as an emergency restroom, the locator of good pastry for tourists and yes, possibly even, sell some books.

( Details and distractions )

( On a personal note )

Our eyes are drawn to the sea, the grey whales moving through our waters and the blossoms on every hill.