The green is for luck!

 A candid note on an important day.

Last year my birthday was a ruthless disappointment. This year, the sun is out, there is hope on the horizon, and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for the support you have given to the shop in the very rough past year. Because of all of you, the Green Hand Bookshop has survived calamity to continue our mission to get good books out into the world for the foreseeable future.

Thank you to those who appeared out of nowhere with donations of books or much-needed funds -- or even a loaf of fresh-baked bread! -- when the hours were darkest.

Thank you to those who spread the word about the shop. I think we have more customers now than we ever had in the 11 years prior!

Thank you to those who have been supporting us via our Bookshop.org link, which has been helping us pay our bills in an almost miraculous way. https://bookshop.org/shop/greenhandbooks 

That so many of you remain interested in helping us out and rerouting money that would have gone into Jeff Bezos' pockets at Amazon has been inspiring as well as helpful!

Thank you to those who wanted to help but weren't able to. Good thoughts count!!!

It takes a village, and every one of us makes a difference. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

For my part I worked hard to keep the shop safe for everyone when I reopened, and that effort continues. I pushed my credit limits to broaden our selection when you began seeking out more diverse voices in your reading, something I'd wanted to do for years, but is hard to do on a secondhand basis here in very-white Maine.

I hope that here at the Green Hand Bookshop we are able to serve you and your reading needs for many years to come.

Happy Birthday to me, and Happy Reading to all of you!!!