Saturday was Small Business Saturday and independent bookstores’ special Indies First day. Stores around the region strutted their small business stuff, and customers enjoyed a joyous kick-off to the holiday shopping season. In McMinnville, OR, Third Street Books was part of the community-wide small business passport program. Brian Juenemann, executive director of regional trade association …
April 15 saw the commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings. Today, over 36,000 marathoners take to the course, proving true the rallying phrase of “Boston Strong.”
The bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon affected the Pacific Northwest bookloving community; authors, booksellers, and readers were there. Adrianne Haslet-Davis, a dance teacher in Boston, and her husband Adam Davis were victims of the second bomb. Adrianne lost her left foot and part of her leg. Adam was injured with shrapnel. Here in the …
“Ronnie’s life has recently gone through a massive upheaval; her father burned out on his job and moved the family to a rural town in Oregon to open a B&B. The ray of light in her life is Karen, a ten-year-old girl Ronnie babysits who shows her the wonder of her new world. All of …
