B is for

Published on by Jane

Book(store).

I spend an average of ten hours a day, five days a week in this long, narrow, creaky-floored, book-filled space. It is my second home, my responsibility, my daily challenge.


Each morning when I walk in the door I take it all in, survey my domain, take deep breaths. What is on my list today, orders? Will I have a chance to get to that reorganizing project? Will we be busy? Do I have enough of this or that title?


I’m fortunate. I have an extraordinary job in an extraordinary independent bookstore. It has weathered the stormy waters of the book business for thirty-seven years. In my almost thirteen years here it has been rare that I wake up thinking I wish I didn’t have to go to work. It’s only when I’m still worn out from the day before that I want to stay put…


…or, sometimes — I must confess — when I am in the midst of some knitting that consumes me!

14 thoughts on “B is for”

  1. I wish my local bookstore was managed by a knitter! I’m so tired of having to look thru a jumble of woodworking and jewelry making books to find the knitting titles.

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  9. Sweet Jane,Your book store folks are so lucky to have you there!And yes to the “good work” vibe & the “I have a day off” vibe & the “I like my job” vibe & the …XOXO

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