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Yes, I admit, the store is a mess – but, when I’m finished, books will be much easier to find! I hope. Today, I had a book IN MY HAND, and then a customer came in and asked for it and – voila! It had disappeared. Sigh.

At any rate, we do have the Big Red Tub outside, full of FREE books – self-help, at the moment, but inside we have a few stacks/units of $1.00 books. Yep, you heard that right: $1.00. PLEASE come pick up a few? Check out our Pinterest page for ideas on what to do with them (assuming you aren’t going read them or anything!).

We have some new sections: women’s fiction, political thrillers, legal thrillers, Westerns, and historical fiction. And new books – well, new to the store – in all genres. Our religious and inspirational section is newly redone, and includes some fiction too.

And our local section – WOW! Nearly eight shelving units of local authors, local publisher shelves, and small press books too. Plus, this week, our new overstock books are 50% off the cover prices!

Can’t forget our new Frilly Lillie’s selections: local, handmade dresses and tutus for little girls, with matching hair bows. They are amazing!

Coming up this Saturday is our Book Club Open House – 3:00-5:00 p.m., with snacks and wine! Come see if you might want to hold your meetings here, or maybe meet some new people and start a new club?

Come on down!

If you’re a prepper, surely you’re ready for SHTF or at least you’re working on it. But what about your family? I’m not talking about your immediate family, those who live with you, but about other family members who may live nearby or who may be scattered around the country. Or outside the country.

Chances are that they aren’t all preppers, by any definition, either die-hard or lackadaisical. You may have tried to convince them; they may disagree. They might even think you’re crazy – and believe me, there are a lot of crazy preppers. That, of course, depends on your definition of crazy.

So what happens when SHTF? Those who live at some distance are probably out of luck, but any family members that you have in the same area as yourself are likely to remember that you mentioned the possibility.

Of course you want to help your loved ones – but can you? At least one friend has said she knows what to do: come to my house! She’d probably bring a couple other people. Would I turn them away? Of course not, but that means I need to step up my stocking and have a more detailed plan instead of a vague idea in my head.

And then there are the kids – three, plus two spouses, plus three children. And another who lives about six hours away. Fortunately, this last one also lives near a prepper friend of mine and she could go to her IF she could get out of the city.

So what do we do? We plan for not just the family living here at home, but for all of them. Yes, all of them. Now, it may turn out that it’s not needed; it may be we can convince them to do their own prepping, or at least to start. Some will, some won’t. But when SHTF, it’s gonna get real.