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Parentheses Books — UPDATE! Parentheses Books On the 25th of October, our very own independent bookshop, Parentheses Books opened. It’s a...

Ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties…

”I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze. The sweet chill of pumpkin, crisp sunburnt leaves.” — Ann Drake Photography: C.Chisare, 2022...

…is my favorite color.

(Parentheses) Books to open — SOON! Harrisonburg’s own independent book store will be opening SOON! There have been a few unavoidable...

“I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things...

“If I could wish something good for someone, I would wish for them an island with no address.” — Tove Jansson The summer months, on New...

“The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about—clouds—daffodils—waterfalls—what happens in a cup of...

NOTE: I never believed that Jane Austen and “trigger warnings” would ever be uttered in the same breath — really? But in reality, this...

“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering...

JoAnne Hensley-Dean guest post

Seeing is believing…

Arthur Rackham’s Autumn Fairies

The changeling child between October and December…

A grandmother’s remedy for making the scrapes of life “all better”.