A lovely post, but oh, the melancholy it has inspired. So many of my best loved bookstores have closed, and the ever encroaching blight of superstores continues to destroy independent bookstores at a truly devastating rate. A friend once said that while we all worship in our own ways, she'd never considered a bookstore a sacred space until we met. I always have rated cities by the bookstores available; they remain the truest indicator of a community's heart in my estimation.
What a joyful place the Cheshire Cat Children's Bookstore must have been. The butterfly tree sounds enchanting, and I'm sure, insired countless children to appreciate nature.
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Date: 2005-03-01 08:38 am (UTC)What a joyful place the Cheshire Cat Children's Bookstore must have been. The butterfly tree sounds enchanting, and I'm sure, insired countless children to appreciate nature.