Saturday afternoon Christine and I had a double adventure at the old Post Office building here in Superior. While we have a relatively modern Post Office building here in town that does the usual Post Office things, the big old marble Post Office building on Tower Avenue has been repurposed as an entrepreneurial incubator that houses several very cool businesses.
Foxes & Fireflies is a wonderful independent bookstore that occupies the space that had been the lobby of the old Post Office and Christine and I tend to stop by there at least twice a month to browse and/or buy books. The have both new and used books and they will buy used books in good condition. Despite selling some books to Foxes & Fireflies and donating various books to our public library and the various Little Free Libraries around town, I tend to accumulate far more books than I pass on (as is true in many things, Christine is better balanced in this respect) and our little bungalow is currently over-booked and under-shelved.
A couple of times a year, Foxes & Fireflies hold a book swap and yesterday was a book swap day so I grabbed five good books that I either knew I'd never re-read or get around to reading and Christine and I headed off to the swap. Christine had recently donated a bunch of books to the library, so she has a clear conscience and less than overflowing shelves. My shelves and piles still need a lot of work.
The way the swap works is quite cool. Each of my five books was rated as a good swap candidate and I was given 5 small fox trinkets. Each little fox could be redeemed for another swap book or used for a 10% discount on a new or used book from Foxes & Fireflies. I got three swap books with my little foxes, used one for a 10% discount on a book that caught my eye in Foxes & Fireflies used fantasy section and I saved one for for later. The little foxes don't expire, I can redeem it at a later swap or use it for a future 10% off purchase.
So I came to the store with 5 books and left with 4. I guess that's progress, I have fewer volumes, but the fantasy book, ORDINARY MONSTERS by J. M. Miro, is a big book, so I didn't gain any shelf space.
After my successful swapping, Christine and I headed to the basement of the old Post Office to check out Sarah's Serpentarium. Sarah Glesner is a reptile enthusiast and educator (she does the READ TO A REPTILE program at various libraries) and now she has opened a shop that is part pet reptile supply store and part reptile sanctuary. Christine and I had a great time there getting to know the various creatures.
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