An Open Letter from Jen

Many of you know that in April, my husband and I tested positive for Covid-19. We’d been vaccinated and boosted, but we still got it. I would say we had “medium covid,” meaning it was much more than a sneeze or sniffle, but we didn’t die from it, so we had cases somewhere in between those two extremes. The recovery time is taking entirely too long, which is frustrating, to say the least. I seem to be dealing with some short-term memory loss. The most frustrating thing is how quickly I tire. Pre-covid, I spent most of my day, by choice, on my feet (I converted to a standing workstation quite some time ago). In addition to standing at work, I often do theater work in the evening and my habit is to pace during rehearsal. Now I find I cannot stand more than 30-90 minutes at the most. More than 90% of the work I do in the bindery requires standing. Before I tested positive, I was behind (embarrassingly so) in the bindery. Now I feel like I’ll never catch up. To give myself even the notion of a chance of ever doing so, I need to not take any additional projects in the bindery for now. Unlike other work at the bookstore, the bindery work is done completely by me and is not something I delegate to others. I’m sorry to do this, but I’m overwhelmed. Thank you for your patience and kindness. This has been a humbling and unwelcome experience, to say the least.

Sister Wolf Book Group to Start Up!

Our longest running book group will resume this month! The Sister Wolf Book Group, which began in 1998, is seasonal, meeting at 10:00 every other Wednesday, May into September. Following the book discussion, members of the group gather for lunch at Bella Caffé/3rd St. Market. All women are welcome to join.

Interested group members will meet on May 18 at 10 :00to select books for the summer. Come with suggestions! (We’re looking for books recently out in paperback, fiction or non-fiction, about 300 pages long.)

All participants must be vaccinated and boosted against COVID.

Summer Events Schedule

We are currently setting up author appearances for the summer and into the fall. As soon as possible, these will be posted on the Events page of our website. Highlights thus far are Author Fest on June 18 and a visit by William Kent Krueger with his latest book, Fox Creek, on August 26. That’s just 3 days after the book is released!

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