A Solid Foundation...

...and a crumbling facade house one my favorite book stores in town. The girls wanted to ride the bus yesterday so we bundled up, walked to the nearest bus stop and made our way to Fairhaven for lunch.

Elizabeth George

On Friday I went to Village Books to see one of my favorite writers, Elizabeth George, talk about her latest novel. Elizabeth George writes the bestselling Inspector Lynley series. My tastes generally run more literary than mystery, but that's what is so brilliant about her books-- they are intricate literary pieces with deep social subtexts, which also happen to be page-turning mysteries.

Village Books

Three employees share a story and a laugh at Village Books, the best li'l bookstore in the whole wide world! Well, according to me, anyway. See previous Village Books-related posts with Heliconia Growing, Garth Stein at the Chuckanut Radio Hour (which is put on by Village Books), and The Village Green.

Heliconia Growing

This glass art installation, called "Heliconia Growing," can be found inside local bookstore Village Books. It is by Bellingham artist Christopher Morrison. Heliconia is a genus of flowering tropical plant-- the type of which doesn't grow in this area, so it's nice to have a cool-climate sculpture instead!

Fairhaven Village Green

The Fairhaven Village Green is right behind Village Books (Best. Bookstore. Ever.) and during the warm months is the location of lots of outdoor concerts and movies. My oldest daughter and I caught the very last outdoor movie of the year, The Princess Bride. On that occasion it was more the Village Rainbow than the Village Green, with the colorful array of sleeping bags and blankets and people. Alas, I didn't have the camera then, so you get this picture instead!