David Hicks at Book Thing

Guess who I ran into at Book Thing this morning? David Hicks! He was sitting on one of the top shelves mingling with hoi polloi in the Hobbies section. I am sure he would have been mortified to have been there, rather than in the Gardening & Horticulture section which is just adjacent to the Design & Decorating section. He was partially hidden inside a copy of his Book of Flower Arranging, so it was a good thing I spotted him. He will join several of his siblings, now sitting on my shelves.

Actually, today was a special day at Book Thing. My Sunday morning buddy, Julie, my friend the Redhead, and I were joined by the authoress of Coterie blog and her beau. They met us for a couple of laps at the farmers' market (strawberries, raspberries and fresh cream) and then joined us for breakfast at local favourite Cafe Hon.

After a delicious breakfast, we headed over to Book Thing, but first, we had to scour the contents of Coterie's car trunk. You see, she used to work for a NY publisher and had brought bags and bags of books down to Baltimore to donate to Book Thing. She was exceedingly kind and let us grab what we wanted before she made her donation. Some will eventually make their way to BT, but some others are keepers.