Books are my life

The other day I was thinking about writing a book about working in a used/new bookstore and how probably it wouldn't be successful. After all, who really wants to read a book about someone's experiences working in retail? Not terribly interesting. There are plenty of stories I could tell about customers - strange things they've wanted, ridiculous questions they've asked, stupid things they've said ("The sun is a star? I didn't know that."). I could easily have a whole chapter on things found in buys (such as a bread knife) or things found inside books (such as the report cards of about 40 kids who went to my high school circa 1988-1993). Then there are the books themselves, everything from titles, concepts, blurb reviews from the cover ("This book is unputdownable!"), trends, author photos (Dean Koontz nearly always had Trixie, his golden retriever, in his author photos but she passed away last year), cover art, etc.

Of course, I'm not really serious about the book and just to prove it, here's the working title. It's compiled from parts of 12 titles of popular books of all kinds; usually ones that have been extremely popular during my tenure at the store that we get asked for allllll the time. If you can get the complete titles/series from which the parts came, you will get a cookie. Or my complete admiration.

A is for A Million Little Splendid Keepers of the Boleyn Water for Bees in Death for the Sixth Soul & Me For Dummies

The best part is that, for short, it would probably be called "Me For Dummies." I love that.

Probably I spend too much time at work.

Calliope!

Here are performance dates and information for the choir I'm in! Come see me sing (not by myself, of course, but with a great group of women). This is the press release from my director:

"Minneapolis, MN – Calliope Women’s Chorus is pleased to announce our spring season
program “Eat Well & Prosper”. Who doesn't love to eat? As a group of women, Calliope has a
fondness for fabulous foods and we also care about our health and our community. Through this
program, we seek to link our love of food with our concern for our environment and economic
stability through singing songs about food and agriculture - silly songs like George Winston’s
"Vegetable Alleluia" and thought-provoking pieces like "Farmer" by Kristen Lems will round out
an evening of beautiful music.

Concert Performances:
-June 14th, 7:30pm – “Eat Well & Prosper” Concert
-June 15th, 2:30pm – “Eat Well & Prosper” Concert

Additional Performances:
-May 10, 11am - Midtown Farmers Market
-May 31 - National Anthem @ MN Vixens Game
-June 1, 11am - Kingfield Farmers Market
-June 2, 7pm - QMC Concert @ Como Park Pavilion
-June 7 - NorthEast Farmers Market
-June 8th - National Anthem @ MN Lynx Game"

I'm singing at all but the May 31st and June 7th performances. The day we sing at the Lynx game is actually "Calliope Day" and I'm a little excited, despite the fact I know nothing about the WNBA. Being in choir again is so great, I can't even tell you.