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Under New Management!
Read more: Under New Management!We’re excited to welcome you to a new chapter for The Eclectic Reader! We’re currently under new management and busy tidying up the shop, so please bear with us as we get everything just right. In the coming weeks, keep an eye out for: a revamped website, an online portal with the American Booksellers Association…
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CHANGE IN WINTER HOURS
Read more: CHANGE IN WINTER HOURSDaily hours will change until the coming of spring. Sunday 12-5 Monday Closed Tuesday-Saturday 11-6 Also announcing that the store will be closed from February 1st through February 7 while I have surgery at Anschutz in Denver. This illustration is from the hilarious Tedd Arnold picture book for juveniles: “Even More Parts -Idioms from Head…
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Chapter Three: 322 Walnut Street
Read more: Chapter Three: 322 Walnut StreetThe space was a bit funky, and there were rumors of it being haunted, but what could go wrong being only a half block away from the heart of downtown? Yes, it was the setting of the most notorious murder in Fort Collins history, resulting in an equally notorious lynching at the courthouse. Then there…
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Chapter 2: 140 South College
Read more: Chapter 2: 140 South CollegeChapter Two: Bookstore History – On College Avenue I don’t know how we did it. 147 West Oak St. to 140 South College, a half block away. I remember a small cadre of friends who walked boxes of books across the street on hand carts. The new location was in an old downtown building –…
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WE OPEN A BOOKSTORE
Read more: WE OPEN A BOOKSTOREIt’s the summer of 1983. I can’t find work in Fort Collins. I can’t find work in day care, even though I had established a group day care home in Michigan that was recognized for excellence. No one will hire me as a beekeeper despite my experience and completing a two year commercial beekeeping program…