Just arrived: New gardening books to add to our impressive collection of hundreds of books in the horticulture section. The robins are back. The grass is greening up in places. The tulips and daffodils and crocus are up. It’s time to plant annual seeds (indoors) and clean up the garden and divide your perennials outdoors. … Continue reading
Just in at The Eclectic Reader…look! An astonishing array of books about a young boy and his tiger friend. “Whither goest thou, young rogue? Can there yet remain some villany thou hast not committed?” Priced from $5-$15.
Fortune cookie: “Somewhere in this collection of new arrivals you will find your personal meaning of life.”
No, I wasn’t traveling the pastoral countryside searching for forgotten treasures in someone’s old barn; I went out to MY barn on a warm day to see how the book storage was doing versus the mice. I peeked inside a few of the boxes and did a happy feet dance because, first of all, … Continue reading
Sorry about the eye glare. This is Monty about to go in for his surgery yesterday, February 11, 7 a.m.. I felt the way he looks. I was jittery and sleep-deprived. I wasn’t sleeping well the night before. Around 1 a.m. I was jolted awake by my other cat, Milo, who had been sleeping … Continue reading
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