The last time The Story Cellar was opened, two wonderful woman came in to donate books. Last Sunday, I loaded boxes and bags into my car, brought my mother along to help carry, and we drove out to a small village where another wonderful woman was donating all the English books that her and husbandContinue reading "When Cheap Means Cherished"
It Begins
When my son was little, he and I made a pact every year to not do anything even remotely related to Christmas until 1 November. No matter how tempted we were when all the Christmas biscuits started appearing in the shops around the middle of October, and no matter how much I wanted to diveContinue reading "It Begins"
Coffee, Cake and Conkers
October is my favourite month. That riot of colours wrapped in morning mist with the first hint of frost in the air tugs at my heartstrings every year. It reminds me of playing outside, running through the trees as the leaves fell, and my grandmother waiting at home with hot chocolate. Then, as I gotContinue reading "Coffee, Cake and Conkers"
I Would Walk 500 Miles
Or I would read 500 titles ... which you can now at The Story Cellar. I feel very moved by how much it has grown in just two months - and this is two months with two opening days a month. When I started I had three bookshelves. Then new books started pouring in. InContinue reading "I Would Walk 500 Miles"
Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
The Story Cellar made the papers! Yes, papers as in plural. Imagine my delight when I opened my postbox on Thursday to find my picture on the front page of the local paper, Øboen. The day before, I had made the online version of the county paper, Fyns Amts Avis. You know you're living inContinue reading "Extra! Extra! Read All About It!"
Opening Day
I did it. I actually did it. After secretly dreaming of it for so many years, I finally opened a bookshop. Even though it's only every other Saturday, even though I still have a day job, even though I only sold five books to four groups of customers, it's a success in my eyes. BecauseContinue reading "Opening Day"
The Trousers of Time
Do you ever get the feeling that your life is re-writing itself around you? That somewhere out there, things are re-shaping themselves, like you're clay on a potter's wheel? Change is slowly creeping up on you, you can't see it but you can feel it. There's excitement in the air. That's me at the moment.Continue reading "The Trousers of Time"
A Tuscan Bookshop
You know the feeling you get when you open a book and, right from the first sentence, it draws you in? From those first few words, you know you are going to love it and read it again and again, because it feels like you've come home. Every little girl is unhappy in her ownContinue reading "A Tuscan Bookshop"
Hidden Treasures
One amazing thing about getting so many books ready to sell is how many memories have spilled out from between the pages. Bookmarks. Messages. Reminders of when I last read the books, who gave them to me, or how long I've had them. One book, Room 13, was a Christmas present from my godmother inContinue reading "Hidden Treasures"
Banned Books
I made my decision: to bookshop. This afternoon I sat at the bar in the cellar making an inventory list. Yes, I have a cellar. But what we call a high cellar so almost on street level. Yes, it has a bar. And that room is where I will place my bookshop. I'm going toContinue reading "Banned Books"
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