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<\/a>Edward Hopper-like chairs await you with books for an afternoon read.<\/p><\/div>\n
For instance, they considered Maine Scenes and Seasons\u00a0 by Richard Procopio<\/strong> has great photos and text to introduce people from away to the glory that is Maine;<\/p>\n One of each Farley Mowat<\/strong> book on the shelf which on that day were Bay of Spirit<\/strong> and The Serpent’s Coil;<\/strong><\/p>\n Farm Work<\/strong>, my favorite Jamie Wyeth<\/strong> book\/exhibition catalog which has within it his answers to interview questions arranged more like an informal monologue about his work;<\/p>\n Lambs of God by Marele Day<\/strong>, a snotty Vatican novel (always a plus), set on an island in the Hebrides (the watery terrain is almost a cousin), with unusual knitters (an emerging plus); and<\/p>\n The Life and Traditions of the Red Man<\/strong> is Joseph Nicolar’s<\/strong> 19th Century telling of Penobscot tribal ways, unusual and pertinent to those of us living on Penobscot Bay.\u00a0 Some years ago, RB carried and sold anthropologist Frank Speck’s Penobscot Man<\/strong>, also unusual, pertinent,\u00a0 published by U of Maine Press and, therefore, expensive.<\/p>\n A hodge-podge of chairs for readers who visit and watch the harbor's ways.<\/p><\/div>\n Today a little cooler, but still no breeze, some bugs and intermittent rain.<\/p>\n I am hopeful, but not foolish.<\/p>\n \ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hot! Hot! Too hot to walk the shadeless portion of Sea Street in front of Roseledge Books and be tempted to stop in.\u00a0 But the other day was glorious and the first busy day in the bookstore. Two groups were … Continue reading <\/a>