Shawn L. Bird

I spent a couple hours tonight selling used books to support a local writers’ group. It came to me again what a wealth we have of words. So many years represented in all those donated books. So many authors researching, crafting, pitching, promoting. Words being trades from one reader to another. Each to have his or her own experience and connection.

A book is enjoyed not on the basis of its literary merit, but on the connections forged in the reader. When the reader cannot relate to a book in some way, s/he can not enjoy it.

I watched all those books being chosen and the new owners venturing off with adventures, romance or knowledge bundled in their re-cycled grocery bags.

Here’s to the book sale. So much possibility for so little!