If you were to have seen my grandmother walking down a sidewalk of Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood during the 1960s or ’70s, you might glance at the slightly overweight, gray-haired, conservatively-dressed woman, and then move on to look at a billboard or shop window. Large black purse in one hand, shopping bag in the other, …
From Wishing Tree Books in Spokane: Our Wishing Tree this year supports World Relief, Family Promise, and Odyssey. World Relief: Would like “learning” books, puzzles, and/or sticker books Family Promise: Would like books for all ages. Choose your favorites to share! Odyssey: Use the suggestion on an ornament for ideas. Wishing Tree booksellers are happy …
by Ata Shaheen for the Kitsap Sun, originally published Dec. 3, 2021: Incarcerated readers at the Washington Corrections Center for Women need new books, and Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo is fundraising this holiday season to buy new materials for the Gig Harbor prison. This is the second year Liberty Bay Books has . . …
