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Melissa Opel

Oct

2

2012

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Gregory Spatz’s Fine Balance:
Questions for a Writer and Teacher

You draw in a deep breath. Your day has been hectic. You feel overwhelmed and are longing for a simple moment where life will just stop. You pick up a book and begin reading. Your quiet comes. The words rest on the page, pulling you into the lives of each character. Suddenly your day melts …

Jun

9

2011

All in the Family at Auntie's in Spokane

We recently got to visit with the owner/manager team Chris O’Harra and Melissa Opel at Auntie’s Bookstore in downtown Spokane. The pair and many of their 24 staff members regard each other like family members (the kind that like each other) and it adds to Auntie’s warm, old-fashioned department store feel. This is echoed in …