Tradition

As you may recall, going to the annual Westerly book sale has become a tradition for me. It was one of the things Faithful Reader and I had planned for the week leading up to Baby’s due date. We decided to go on the first day of the sale, even though there was an entrance fee, just in case Baby wanted to arrive early. Good thing. I was having contractions again that day, and by the time we got to the book sale, they had gotten strong enough to be a distraction. By the time we left the sale, they had gotten regular enough for me to be concerned. By the time we reached Providence, it seemed prudent to stop at the hospital. You’ve already heard what happened next (yup, the baby soon popped out).

It was an eventful day, thanks to Baby, but let us not forget about the books. I only spent about $10 (not counting the fee) but I came back with a nice haul.

• Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman (for Baby, of course!)
• Aunt Dimity Digs In by Nancy Atherton
• The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang
• Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
• The Dark Secret of Weatherend by John Bellairs
• The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss (another for Baby!)
• Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
• Hal Leonard Guitar Method by Will Schmid
• The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• How to Clean Practically Anything by Consumer Reports
• The Lost World & The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
• Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins by Theodore M. Bernstein
• The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
• Naked by David Sedaris
• Salamander by Thomas Wharton
• Stardust by Neil Gaiman (which I started reading in the hospital waiting room)
• A Tune a Day for Classical Guitar by C. Paul Herfurth and Stanley George Urwin
• A Tune a Day for Guitar by C. Paul Herfurth