The Bowlegged Blogger "Bookshops are peaceful sanctuaries" - Mala Naidoo I love a good bookstore. I've loved many over the years, but the Jabberwocky Bookshop in Newburyport, Massachusetts, holds a special place in my heart. When my daughters were young, I'd take them there and turn them loose. Untethered. While I wandered among the stacks, …
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Ideas With Sentences In Stacks
There is a place in Cambridge Ma where bright ideas wait for us like prisoners awaiting release of sentence among steal gray, shelved cells. We served as parole board granting release for behaviors be they good or bad, delightful or scary, funny or tragic, any or all which serves our desire. Before the renovation in …
Bedtime Stories….Once upon a time
When my daughters were small I'd make up stories to tell them at bedtime. I tried to read books early on, but often fell asleep well before they did. So to keep myself awake, I'd freeform elaborate stories to keep myself awake, lull them to sleep and take us away... I say us ... because …