One of the consistent joys of coming to Maine is stopping at the Skidompha Second Hand book shop in Damariscotta; housed in a 19th century carriage house, the bookstore is a cluttered maze of mysteries, cookbooks, novels and oddities all donated to support the local library. It has that great bookstore smell, jazz music playing from an old radio that sits on the counter and big wing chairs to plop into as you peruse the stacks. A pleasant hour or two of browsing yielded the following:
Six Men, by Alistar Cooke, A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep, by Rumer Godden, a great copy of Auntie Mame, (an all time favorite especially the chapter where she opens her own store--hilarious) The I Hate to Cook Book, a funny little paperback that was always on my mother's kitchen shelf, and One Pair of Hands, by Monica Dickens, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens, that looks most promising...
Tuesday I'm tossing the dogs and my new GPS in the car and heading off in search of vintage treasures for Clever Girl...will update you very soon. For now must go turn up the heat and start reading...
