Dear Folks,

     It has been a tremendous holiday season for us and we are grateful for all our wonderful customers who have stopped to say hello or to shop. We hope that your holiday is blessed and peaceful and full of light. We are both looking forward to time with our families and time to slow down.

      We will be open today, Friday December 23rd from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and tonight we'll have our last evening fire complete with s'mores, other goodies and, if the weather doesn't get too cold, some nice music from Sharon Abbott.  If you haven't had a chance to hear her holiday numbers, and you've crossed all your t's and dotted all your i's, then come on by. If you have some i's to dot, you can also shop with us and then chill out. By the way, if you haven't see the the original mounted picture of the thumbnail to the right, by local photographer Nick Kelsh, come by and see the real thing. It's stunning. It was taken last Friday night at our holiday soiree.

      On Christmas Eve day, we'll be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and those of you who still have some t's to cross, come do it here.

     We will be closed on Christmas Day and also Monday December 26 to enjoy our families.

     We will be open as usual on Tuesday at 7 a.m.  but also OPEN ON WEDNESDAY (contrary to our new Wednesday day off) , and we are planning a huge BOOK SALE on Thursday December 29. The folks from "education by inclusion" have invited us to join them in a $2 BOOK SALE from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. OUTSIDE.  We have been cleaning all our shelves as well as picking out books that have recently come our way and we will have THOUSANDS of books at $2-up on Gowen-on Devon, and down the Driveway. We'll also have an expanded $.25 book sale to clear out our paperback overstock - some great titles - and ALL books in the SHOP will be 25% off for that one day only. What a great opportunity to stock up on your winter reading at unbelievably low prices. If the weather is bad, we'll postpone till Friday December 30.

     On New Years Day we'll be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m and then we have a short hibernation, being closed Jan 1 but we will be open on Monday Jan. 2.

Peace

Greg and Cynthia