Dear Folks,

      The wedding was beautiful, weather was warm but bearable, the community that gathered to bless Emily and Chris were all well behaved and, in most cases, a lot of fun. We all got our picture taken on the sacred Nittany Lion and then we ate and drank and danced. The rest of the weekend was much of the same with the addition of lots of time hanging with Cynthia's grandchildren. For some reason, people at the wedding seemed to be taking most of the photos of people other than me. I vaguely remember one picture of Cynthia and I in full regalia and if it emerges from the thousands of other photos, I will post it so you can see me in my penguin mode.

      This week our concert series continues tomorrow, THURSDAY, July 7, (Thursday will be the night for all remaining concerts this summer save one- more about that later) with a performance by Sharon Abbott and bassist John Wight. Sharon has sung here umpteen times and we love her songwriting - very creative and often quite funny. Her voice is magnificent - wait till you hear her on Your Cheating Heart - to die for !  By the way, Weavers Way will no longer be bringing food to sell at our concerts - there just wasn't enough volume to make it worth their while. We appreciate their giving it a try.

     It's a busy week for us. On Saturday June 9 and Sunday June 10 we will be selling books at the Chestnut Hill Book Festival. More details later but keep your eyes on this week's Chestnut Hill Local for the schedule of events. I'll try to post the same Thursday or Friday.

     Togo the ball python is going back home. He enjoyed meeting the dozens of people who were up to meeting him up-close and personal but he does like the security of his "usual spot" and C.C. is not in the least sad to see him go so she can have her "usual spot" on the shelf just inside the door back. All the better to rule the universe. By the way, if you look carefully at her picture you'll also see who controls the purse strings around here.

     One last note, we got a really big collection of paperback nautical books that are really great. We've priced them all at $4 each and the authors include not only some Patrick O'Brian but also Alexander Kent, Jon Williams, Alexander Pope and C. Northcote Parkinson. Who knew that Parkinson wrote nautical adventure stories? Get them while they last.

Greg and Cynthia