Jump starting New Year's resolutions

Well the battery for the New Year's resolution had run down, but I am recharging it today and will, hopefully, continue the momentum for the remainder of the year to maintain a charge. I had planned to write last week after redesigning the window for my store front-a task I have enjoyed over the last three years. Trying to catch passersby's attention with colorful books, art and etc. January tends to be a month where I display those authors we have lost in the past year, e.g. John Updike, Marilyn French and etc. this year, as well as, some thing bright and lively to welcome in the new year. This year there is even more mixed emotion as I will be temporarily closing the store and February will be the last month for this task for quite awhile. I have learned a lot during my three years and hope to put this learned information to good use when I re-open-let's hope it, the lessons, are not lost in the intervening time.

This past week, I also had the opportunity to see/touch a facsimile edition of the Book of Kells that is housed at St. John Fisher's College as part of the Bibliophile Society of Rochester's agenda for the year. We were shown a short film regarding how the book was made and the history of the original book. The staff was friendly and more than accommodating to our group.