I quit my bookseller’s job yesterday. Let me say up front that I loved working at my local Barnes & Noble. I learned a lot and not just about books and store operations. It introduced me to books I would never have read. What’s more, working with young people helped me better understand things like…
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This Month’s Recommended Reads
Phew! November was quite a month. When I look back, I did a lot more reading than I thought. Probably to make up for the lack of reading in October. December is looking like a light reading month as well, thanks to the holidays. However, I’m looking forward to adopting the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod,…
Monday Musings: Fear, Change and Barnes & Noble
Happy Monday! I appreciate all the wellness checks over the last couple weeks, but I swear I am not as depressed as it sounds. Okay, I might have been depressed a few weeks ago – and some really good friends stepped in to check on me — but I am in a good place…
Happy September!
It’s September 1. Can I just say “Thank Goodness!”? August was one crazy-ass month for the Wallace family. There were unexpected hospitalizations, a failed well, contaminated water, cancelled medical procedures, doggie surgeries, paperwork snafus, and… well, you get the picture. But all that’s behind me now. Today marks the start of a new month, one…