Fairy Trees and Rookery Beeches
What do these lyrics from The Princess Bride have to do with the title of this story? Nothing really... Let me take that back. The Princess Bride does have something to do with this Irish story... Read More
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TCO The Missing Journal
Introduction: Before there were computers and the internet and phones that are “smart” (and have someone inside them—usually a woman—that can tell you where to go), there were typewriters and printing presses. Thank goodness there are still printers. Unless you were in a bookstore buying... Read More
Approaching Zero
Zeroes. There were a lot of them last week when Wonder Book "bought the farm" in downtown Frederick... But it has generated a lot of excitement and interest from many different quarters. THAT is fun... Zero... Tuesday it began to snow in the afternoon... Read More
Full Loads and Big Boxes and a Couple Great Books
It is Friday. January 11. Winter is sneaking in, finally. It is not that I was anxious for the relatively nice weather we've enjoyed so far to leave, but I suppose it is better than being smashed in one fell swoop. Last night was cold.... Read More
A Man’s Mill is His Castle
If there's anything remotely like a castle in Pennsylvania, the rare and collectible book company The Family Album's home is it. It is an enormous Pennsylvania limestone edifice. If you squint a bit, you could visualize it as a Norman tower in Wales. I've known... Read More
Three Old Stories
The Hottest Book Around—At One Time: There are a dozen old trailers backed up to loading docks here at the Wonder Book and Books By the Foot warehouse in Frederick Maryland. We bought them as salvage and use them for storage. We've filled up the... Read More