Dear Folks,

      Our friends at Grace Epiphany Episcopal Church, just up the road on Gowen at Ardleigh are doing a fund raiser for their outreach programs and have taken lovely pictures of their stained glass windows and put the four different pictures on the front of greeting cards that would make a very nice Christmas card. We are selling the packs of 20 cards and envelopes for $12 here at the shop with all proceeds going to the church.

      We also found that we had packs of 12 cards and envelopes showing a variety of  6 Mt. Airy scenes, including the Allen's Lane Train Station and Weavers Way by Bronwyn Bird in 1990 for WMAN Arts and Cultural Alliance. We also will have these available for sale in the shop for $12 for the pack of 12 and they could be used for any sort of note cards including any of the upcoming holidays.

      A friend of mine loves to scan the internet for interesting videos and then send them my way. I loved this video for it's expression of gratitude for all the wonders in our life. I hope you'll enjoy it as well and that it might lead all of us to contemplate how much we have for which we can be grateful. Happy Thanksgiving.

Greg and Cynthia

P.S. We will NOT open at midnight on Thanksgiving to give all of you extra time to shop in our store on Black Friday. In fact, because so few people are riding the trains to work that morning we will probably open a little late but will be open till 6:30 and hope that you will consider doing some of your holiday shopping here at Walk a Crooked Mile Books. Chances are you'll have more fun if you stop by the shop - lots of parking, free coffee or tea or cocoa for browsers, no one pushing or shoving to get a Nook at 50 % off. We will have extra hours during the holidays but won't begin them till December. Then we will stay open till 9 p.m. on Fridays and be open from 12-4 on Sundays. For our sanity, we will continue to take off Wednesdays. May your holiday gift buying be sane and fun!