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While I was running a few errands today, one of them took me into a small shopping plaza about 20 minutes away. LOTS of cool shops, but I was there for the popcorn store. Turns out there is a nice small used bookstore there as well. I didn't go in, but ran into one of the workers there as I was heading up past it. I saw "book store" and said out loud, without meaning to be vocal, "Oh, no. Not going in there! I'd spend WAY too much money!" The lady said, "Yes, go in there. You need more...

EvilBay ... well, they insist I owe them around $100 in fees, which I don't. I haven't sold, or even listed, anything there in years anyhow. I can't remember the last time I even BOUGHT anything there. A decade ago, at least. But Amazon...ah, Amazon. I'll use them for Kindle Unlimited, then browse local used bookstore websites, or head to Barnes and Noble, to purchase my physical books for myself, not just hitting up garage sales and thrift stores for good books to resell here. (Yes, I'm a reseller, lol. There are a LOT of us.) Why? One, I have...

I may have a very mini city homestead lifestyle, but it doesn't mean the workload ever ends. I still dehydrate, can, make scratch breads and jams/jellies, etc. Still do needlework. I make hay of a sort - only in the city it's called "mowing the yard." I stockpile. Right now, it's rather warm, because this is the season we in Michigan tend to call the corn sweats. The corn is just about "knee high by the 4th of July," and over the next two or three weeks, it will offgas a LOT of moisture, which makes it humid and sticky....

Honestly, I love reading so much and am having a blast creating bookish gifts for y'all. Especially bookmarks. I have quite a number of bookmark specific designs to use (over 15,000) as well as regular graphics (another 50,000), and ideas for text-based bookmarks (around 20,000)...I'll never run out of ideas for y'all. Add in that many, but not all, of the regular graphics are bookish so can go on other products for bookish gifts like the usual mugs, shirts, stickers, tote bags, and more, and y'all are going to be inundated with goodies to browse and purchase. Just keep an...