Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, Calif.
Here at Books & Such we’ve been blogging about our Christmas memories this month as a way for readers to get to know us better, outside of our professional …
// by Wendy Lawton// 6 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, Calif.
Here at Books & Such we’ve been blogging about our Christmas memories this month as a way for readers to get to know us better, outside of our professional …
// by Janet Grant// 11 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
In our continuing blog posts about Books & Such staff’s Christmas memories, this week we’ll each recall an ornament that holds special memories for us.
For me, …
// by Michelle Ule// 5 Comments
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
After my father’s death in 2002, we honored my parents’ memory by spending inheritance money on a family trip. My husband longed to visit Middle Earth, so once …
// by Mary Keeley// 8 Comments
Blogger: Mary Keeley
Location: Books & Such Midwest Office, IL
I was probably nine or ten the year my family—mom, dad,my sister and me—spent a rare Christmas Day with my mother’s relatives rather than our traditional dinner with my father’s …
// by Rachel Kent// 9 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
My remembered place is the monastery where my great aunt was a cloistered nun. I believe it’s located in Fremont, California. We went to visit her a few …
// by Wendy Lawton// 13 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
The post WWII years of the fifties are considered the decade of innocence. People still sat down as a family for dinner. Though televisions were making their way into …
// by Janet Grant// 9 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Christmas nostalgia goes beyond the toys we at Books & Such wrote about last week. Our memories often involve a place as well. This week, we’ll continue …
// by Rachel Kent// 8 Comments
Blogger: Rachel Kent
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
I grew up with two older brothers, and I often wished I was a boy so I could have a turn with the Nintendo controller and could play …
// by Wendy Lawton// 12 Comments
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
Location: Books & Such Central Valley Office, CA
Though I grew up in a family of modest means, my mother knew that Christmas was a magical time and she worked hard to make sure she had wonderful
// by Janet Grant// 10 Comments
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
During December last year the Books & Such staff revealed in our blog posts the personal side of our lives by giving you a peek into how …