tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post5462917553276624057..comments2024-03-26T03:46:04.937-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Why Do I Bother?P. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-83616382821999173712012-10-25T16:22:12.636-07:002012-10-25T16:22:12.636-07:00Not sure about the "necessary" part, Daw...Not sure about the "necessary" part, Dawn, but the first two parts are certainly true, and I am grateful for your appreciative voice and our connection. Thanks for the kind words.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-22183839285334208872012-10-25T12:44:55.980-07:002012-10-25T12:44:55.980-07:00You do it because you can, and you want to, and yo...You do it because you can, and you want to, and you know it is necessary and because many people truly appreciate it...even if we don't all say so all that often.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-87063691403969668262012-10-24T11:04:54.655-07:002012-10-24T11:04:54.655-07:00Please tell your husband, Kathy, that Pamelosaurus...Please tell your husband, Kathy, that Pamelosaurus still likes to hold her newspaper in hand rather than hunt around online for the issue that concerns her or, worse yet, gets bombarded with selected articles that some robot thinks I'll want to read. There is no unified audience for online news, only various choirs being preached to by the parsons of their established preference. God forbid they should happen to fall upon an idea that contradicts their perspective! <br /><br />Thanks for commenting. I'm still cranked up, as you might be able to tell, but I'm feeling better.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-3176349777299261912012-10-24T09:59:37.966-07:002012-10-24T09:59:37.966-07:00I just wrote on your FB comment why you bother. B...I just wrote on your FB comment why you bother. Because your heart and spirit and life insist it so. And so many people are perhaps inspired or enriched by visiting your bookstore, by pausing at your blog posts.<br /><br />In the middle of the night I was thinking of telling you more about why I put in to win that Kindle Fire. It was because someone said, "It's just like an iPad" and I thought, "Oh good, there will be navigation GPS on it and I can read blogs in coffee shops without carrying heavy Ms. Ellie and mybe it will take pics, too." Come to find out--even the iPad doesn't do that. It's the iPhone. I am so technologically illiterate.<br /><br />Never even once--until I got the darn thing--realized it was an e-reader. Thought only the regular Kindle had an reader on it. I have NOT ever wanted a reader! I love books, bookstores with a passion and don't even like reading on-line. Will probably try to read a book on there, though, just to see, even though am feeling quite ambivalent.<br /><br />My husband, you know, is in a challenged business as well. Newspapers are dying...his paper is barely hanging on...because everyone gets their news on line. It's sad.<br /><br />Kathyhttp://upwoods.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com